HSIN - KUAN WEN - CHIEN - LU.
TEXT BOOK
OF
DOCUMENTARY CHINESE
WITH A VOCABULARY,
FOR THE SPECIAL USE OF THE CHINESE CUSTOMS SERVICE.
EDITED BY
F. H I RTH, Ph.D.,
^ Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Statistical Secretary, Inspectorate
General of Owstoms, Shanghai,
IN T"WO VOLUMES.
Vol. II.
SHANGHAI:
PUBLISHED AT THE STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT OP THE INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF CUSTOMS.
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TABLE OF CONTENDS.
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Part I. ― Vocabulary, analytically arranged i
Part 11. ― Vocabulary, alphabetically arranged 1 19
Appendix. ― Selected Translations 256
CoRRTOENnA 2QQ
The reference pages given in Part I of this Volume are intended to refer to the pages
of the Chinese text (Volume I).
PART I.
VOCABULARY, ANALYTICALLY ARRANGED.
VOCABULARY.
I. ANALYTICALLY ARRANGED.
Document No. 1. [p. 1]
('"""(f 江 a river ； al.^brevi;ited iiauK' of the province of
Kiang-nan (江 南).
海關 the Customs of Kiang-wan ； the Shang-
hai ( 'u^tom House.
力" 海 tl.f st'a.
海關 a maritime Custom House.
义環" 關 to lock (jis a gate) ； a custom house ； tlie Customs.
yc" 筋 to examine,
'IS^ 單 a duty memo, ((leV>it note fur dutie-^ to be
jiaitl, issued after tlie examiiiMtion of goods and
hence called " examiuation bill ，•)•
單 single ； a document consisting of a single
sheet ； a bill ； ii certificate ； a memo. ； u permit.
fhht 今 now.
ckii 據 in accordance with ；
德 virtue.
德意志 {tc-i-chih — Dewtsch) German.
德 國 Gei'uiany ； Gernian.
"0 國 a country.
i^haufj 商 trade ； a merchant.
商人： i merchant.
jtin ;i man.
hang 行 a hong ； :i finii.
"0" ^ to send in ； to present.
投報 to send in an ；屮 plication ； tn report (for
payment of duty).
pdo 報 to report.
ti 第 number ； No.
第 號 No ； Registered
No
/""' 號 a number ； a tirin.
i ― or 臺 one.
crh 二 or ^ two.
sau 二 or ^ three.
ssu 四 or 肆 four.
wu 五 or 伍 five.
or 睦 six.
or 柴 so veil.
or 柳 ci^'lit.
or JJi nine.
or 拾 ten.
ur 1 存 humlml.
(The first or smaller style of writing the above
numerals is that ordinarily ased ； the second or
larger style is employed in expressing money items
or other figures of impurhmce, in order to prevent
unauthorised changes.)
千
thousand.
n-aa
萬
ten thousanfl.
y—
英
excellent ； brave ； English ； British.
英
吉 利 ( iiing-ki-U = English) English ； British.
英
國 Englund ； Great Brittim ； BritL^h.
英
船 a British ship.
船
a ship.
mintj
名
a name ； to name ； named.
chmng
裝
to load ； to be laden with ； to contuin.
装
載 to carry ； to be laden with (as a ship).
Uai
截
to be Men with ； to contain.
chin
進
to enter ； to come in ； incoming.
進
口 to enter port ； to import.
¥ou
:i port.
hi(o
貨
goods ； merchandise.
貨
物 goods ； merchandise ； articles of trtwle.
w".
物
tilings; articles.
hci
黑
black.
ha I
i
參 luciio de mar.
shm
參
ginseng.
chicn
件
;i package ； packages.
chill
觔
or 斤 a catty ； catties.
chi
ft
to calculate ； calculated to make ； calculated at.
lian<j
兩
a tiiel ； taels.
錢
a mace (the lotli part of a tiiel).
fin
分
a (.-antlareen (the lootU part of a tael).
六七八 九十百
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h 董 M 魔 ft cash (the i，oooth part of a tael).
MuHjr 中 miitille ; tho soconil qiuJity out of three, when
shitmj (上) luoaoa first and hsia (下) thirJ.
y*M 燕 a H wallow.
蒸 swallows* nestfl ； birds' nests,
wo S n nt*flt,
零 ili-n< >tvet a I'lvuk in the dcciimil notation.
了 u nil 丄
了 香 cloves.
k^^ng 香 incense ； aromatic drugs.
{!i 肚 tUh maws.
In 肚 the belly ； the stomach.
ksiang 象 an elephiint.
免 牙 (.•Icphuntfi' teeth ； ivory.
牙； I tooth.
jV'ig 生 : unmanufactured.
niu 牛 cows ； oxen.
牛 皮 cow bides,
p'i 皮 skins ； hides.
kuug 共 ； in all.
共 針 ailculated to make in all ； total.
fMn 進口稅 import duties.
$hui 稅 tluty ； duties (on merchandise).
twin 腿平銀 "silver as per Customs weight ； Cm-
to Ilia iiioney; Haikwiin tael money.
p'titg 平 even ； level ； weight ； standard weight.
yin 銀 silver ； money ； treasure.
j)"ny 理 to lean on; on the ground of.
逸 單 '* loaning [on this] bill;" "as per memo.;"
also, a " duty proof."
ch'ih 持 to hold.
持赴 I') proceed to holding, or with, [； i docu-
ment].
/" 赴 to proceed to.
j/i" 銀號 ：i I'ank ； the Bank ； the Customs Bank.
cJiiao 交 to give ； to hand.
交納 to pay (as duties).
na ^ to pay (as taxes, duties, etc.).
Uu 足 enough ； sufficient.
足 色 sufficient colour ； full standard silver ； pure
sycee.
m£ 色 colour ； to colour ； to dye.
ch'c |2 to puU ; to hold.
攀顶 to take delivery of; to receive,
cli*u 取 to fetch ； to get.
/uio 號收 ：t bank receipt (for payment of duty).
shou 收 to receive ； a receipt.
k'o 可 can ； may; will do.
可也" this will do " (a final phrase which need
not be translated).
yek 也 a final particle ； also.
tz*it 此 tliis.
此 照 " this is (hereby) certified."
chao 照 a document ； a certificate ； a pass ； to certify ；
according to.
hmtifj 光 Wight ； brightness ； to illumine.
光 緒 the period of reign of the Emperor Kuang
Hsu.
ksii 緒 the commencement.
nien 年 a year.
yiieh 月 the 請 on ； a month.
jih 日 day ； (];ite.
chi 紛 to give ； to issue.
給單 to issue a certificate, a bill, a memo" etc.
Document No, 2. [p. 2]
shou 收 到 arrived, or come to hand, by receiving,"
'i.e., received, received from (in receipts).
iao 到 to iiriive.
chinfj 經 places the verb in the perfect tense ； the verb
may either follow this particle immediately, or
be separated from it by several characters repre-
senting other parts of the sentence.
經 報 to iiave reported ； having reported.
yin(f 應 must.
應 完 having to piy duty ； dutiable.
正 fuli ； as full duty, full rank. Added to numeral
expressions in order to prevent unauthorised ad-
ditions being made, and correspou cling to " only"
as in '( one hiindred taels on/?/."
正 稅 full duty ； i.e., full import duty.
pen 本 tliis, as in " this office"; the possessive pronoun
of the i-ierson speaking or writing ； pen shui-vm-ssii
(本 稅 務 司) =1， the Commissioner.
本 號 this bank.
an 按 ； 1 ccording to.
按 照 according to.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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SO 所 the relative pronoun wko or which; its use
ditiVrs from that of our relative pronoun, e.g.,
船 '所： 載' '^' = huo\ the goods, so% which,
t'/i' na7i% the ship, fsaP, contiiin.s ； and uot the ship
which contains the goods.
fsai 截 to coutiiin; as a vessel confaina cargo, or as
a document contaiufi a stateinont.
yiu 銀 數 a. sum of money.
shu 數 number; amount ； several.
tui 免 to weigh.
^ 收 to receive weighing (sycee) ； i.e., to receive
casli or bullion.
ho 合 duly.
i to use ； using which ； by means of which.
以 憑 l)y nieans of which supported ； ou the ground
of wbicli ； provided with which.
kai 該 the said ； the respective ； tlint ； the.
kc.a H 關 憲 the Customs authorities.
hd"i 憲 an official above the 4tli rank ； authorities.
ch^mg 呈 to state to a superior.
呈 請 to apply for; to request to.
ckHng 言青 to request ； to apply for.
'〃('" 驗 收 to examine and receive ； to accept (as a docu-
ment).
Document No. 3. [p. 3]
''huii'j 中 middle.
中 國 Cliiim ； Chinese.
chao 招 to invite.
招商局 the "China Merchants' Steam Naviga-
tion Company."
招 商 to invite merchants ； to promote commerce.
chU 局 a board of management ； a public company.
hu M 豫 Shanghai.
字 a character ； a' number, inasmuch as it is ex-
pressed by a character.
hna 華 Chinese.
ch'n 出 to go out ； to take out ； outgoing.
出口 to export ； to leave port ； to clear from a port.
hsi <|[J fine.
tz'il 磁 porcelain.
？兹 器 china 雷 e.
ch'i 器 utenyils ； goods ； ware.
mien 棉 the cotton plant.
棉 花 cotton.
hua 花 flowers.
tsao 裘 dates.
yen 烟 tobacco.
烟 絲 prepared tobacco.
ssil 絲 "Ik ； the hairy appearance of anything cut fine
like silk, e.g., Chinese prepared tobacco, vermicelli,
wire.
shang 上 above ； superior ； first quality.
chih 紙 paper. .
kn 古 old.
古 玩 curiosities.
wan 玩 to play ； trifles.
ku 估 value; to value. •
估 ^ value.
chia 價 price ； value.
tou 直 beans.
昔 餅 Leaucake.
ping 餅 cakos ； pastry.
chHt 出口稅 export duty.
Document No. 4. [p. 4]
Document No. 5. [p. 5]
/" 復 again.
復 [運] 進口 to agaia import ； to re-uuport, as
native goods from another treaty port.
tHi 土 earth ； land ； native ； local.
土 產 native produce.
ch'an 產 to give birth to; to produce; produce.
pan 半 half.
半 税 half duty, i. e., coast trade duty ； also, transit
dues.
met 美 beautiful.
美 國 America ； American.
/" 福 州 Foocliow.
yiin 運 to transport.
蓮來 to move inwards; brought from.
chi 計 開 namely ； to wit (before an enumeration of
things:).
kan 撤 穩 olives (Chinese).
Ian 穩 olives (Chinese).
chii 洁 contracted from | 露， the orange.
洁 子 orauge.«.
f^fl 子 a child ； a son ； added to nouns as an ending, as
it were, which usage is generally borrowed from
the colloquial language.
TKNT P.nOK or
tftunt
firu
Kung
rhiuij
fhi
yitn
rh*ang
h tut
liao
hung
tan
fthou
•pni
liiuj
rhiu
水 wnU'r.
水 g liquid inaigo.
杜 cawsU ; Kuci-lin-fu, the cftpitol of Kwangsi.
^ 國 dried lung ngan (i»orhaps balls of Kuei,
1)， of Kufi-lin-fu in Kwangsi).
Q round ； a globe ； a biiU.
？ H the water lily ； the lotus.
JH 子 lotus seeds.
紅 "
3( 進 n 半税 o、;"t t"*^ide duty.
Document No. 6.
征 to levy.
征收 to collect (as duty).
Document No. 7.
[P. 6]
[p. 7]
Document No. 8.
？ 5 紛 to issue.
[p. 8]
轮 U to issue.
教 to is><ue.
運 入 to transport into (the river or the interior).
長 long-
長 江 the Yangtze river.
土 貨 niitivc goods.
花 生 yruund-nuts,
料 glass.
料 器 gl: 战 or vitrified ware.
火 iire.
火 腿 iumis.
|g a leg ; a thigh.
紅 丹 red lead.
丹 cinnabiir.
熟 ripe ； cooked ； tanned ； nianiifacturei.1 ； tlie op-
IMwite of sihmg (生 ), raw or unimmufactuied.
熟 鉄 manxifacturofl iron.
鉄, 5 爽' "r 鐡 iron.
白 white.
白 糖 、、hite suj^r.
糖 sugar.
除 to deduct.
除 外 fleducting ； besides
外 outside ； besides.
另 extra ； apart ； separately.
九 江 KiukiiVDg.
ti
yuan
川'
la
; hsiao
hsieh
wen
hum
yin
tsv.
rh'v
hu
1 nan
t'ou
ts^a n
Document No. 9. [p. 91
内 within ； inside.
内 她 the interior (of a, country).
内地貨 .物 "'眞 Is carried to (入） or from (出）
the interior.
地 （"irtli; ground : land.
八 內 地 to enter the interior; transit inwarils.
原 original.
原色布 gi" shirtings.
布 cloth ； cotton, linen, etc., cloth.
疋 a piece ； classifier of piece goods.
大 "'reat-
大原布 cloth (the larger size).
小 small.
小 原 布 [*"^l')th (the .smaller size).
斜 oblique.
斜紋布 di'iik
紋 streaks.
色 布 dyed cloth.
緞 satin.
縱 布 damasks.
印 to print ； a seal.
印花布 printed cotton cloth ； chintzes.
足 色 紋 銀 full -stantlard sycee.
紋 銀 -silver witli streaks (refers to the con-ugatcd
nppearance common to the outside of a shoe of
pure sycee, as contrasted with the smoother 8urft\ce
of an impure shoe) ； pure sycee.
Document No. 10. [p. 10]
Document No. 11. [p. 11]
出內地 transit outwards.
湖 a lake ； the prefecture of Hu-diou, near Shang-
iiai and Ningpo.
湖 絲 Shanghai fine raw silk.
亂 to (liKarrauge ； in confusion.
亂 絲 頭 i-efuse.
頭 head; added to nouns, like izH (子) {sec Docu-
ment No. 5).
霞 the silkworm.
霞 繭 cocoons.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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rhkn
蘭 cocoons.
'■}( in .
金 —I.
^十 ilrioil lily liowers.
chat
針 鋪 a needle.
f.-i'ai
莱 vegetables.
担 it picul.
JJ\j\jU.LU.\ilL V 丄、 U. l£it
LP* "J
Document No. 13.
IP. 13]
5jQ 3^ the Hankow Customs.
Wafc 1 1 nP<;P • f np JTiti vi vpt*
J act V>LllLICoC ， ullC i XdLl lit CI ■
自 from.
自 …起 至… 止 from (s"ch a date) to (such
a (late ).
起 to start from ； coiuDiencing.
'—'hih
至 to ； till.
chih
止 to stop ； ending.
chieh
結 a bond ； to end ； a fixed period or term for
settling accounts ； a Customs (financial) quarter
of three months.
，"J
洋 the sea; the ocean ； foreign.
ko
各 each; all; sign of the plurul.
各 款 all kinds; the various kinds.
k'uan
款 '11' 欽 item ； a kind ； a sort ； also, a para-
i^niph ； an article (as in a Treaty) ； a section.
shui
税 鈔 duties on mercliandi.se and tonnage dues ；
clues and duties.
ch'ao
紗 toDuage dues.
shit
mn
數 目 number ； nnmljers ； amount.s.
目 the eye ； numbers.
diHng
淸 clear ； accurate ； correct, as an account.
淸措 a correct account or report ； an official
periodical accoant rendered to the Government.
die
措 to fold up; a. paper folded up ； ； i, report ； an
:ip.r'.niitif .
shui
稅 鈔淸措 a. Customs revenue return.
y 肌 9
洋 商船隻 foreign merchant vessels.
[p. 14]
稅 款 kinds of duties ； duties.
')//7'Jl ft
洋 貨 foreign goods.
洋 藥 opium ； lit. , the foreign drug.
洋藥土 raw opium.
洋藥膏 prepared opium.
藥 medicines ； drugs.
土 earth ； raw opium, so called owing to its earthy
appearance.
/tirto 膏 fat; greasy ； a preparation of greasy appearance,
like ointment, etc.
Jco 各稅 duties.
篇 無 not ； not having ； nil
i'hH it of it ； the ； u.s to the
其 中 in this; therein,
cJmng 中 middle ； placed after a noun, In, within.
內她 洋藥 opium grown iu the interior ； native
opium.
ho 合 to unite ； duly.
合 併 July exposed.
ping 併 or 幷 together with ； to expose.
shing 聲 to report ； to state.
聲明 to report.
ming 明 clear ； uften added to verbs ineanrng to state, to
mforiii, etc.
ch'uan 船 鈔 tonnage dues.
pen 本 年 this year ； the present year.
fai 代 ill place of another.
代 收 to receive ； to collect on account of another.
fa 發還 to return (as moneys).
hmn 還 to return,
c/w'i 暫 temporarily.
暫 存 kept temporarily, i.e., on deposit.
ts'ini 存 to keep.
hsii 續 to contiuue to; continuous.
績 增 to accumulate.
tsmg ； I 曾 to add to.
ho 核 to examine.
核 計 to exaiuine and add up; to calculate.
ssfo 四 結 the fourth quarter (of a financial year).
ti 底 bottom ； end; at the end of.
vMch 結 底 at the end of the quarter.
yuch 月 底 at' the end of the month.
nieu 年 底 at the end of the year.
仍 still.
i 以 to use; with ； because.
^ 上 the above.
pen 本 結 this tiuarter.
hua 華 商 < 'lunese merchants. [p. 15]
cliuang 装 免 to carry cargo exempted from iluty.
裝 免數目 exemption account.
mien 免 to be exempt ； duty free.
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iMii 再 bosUliM; in aJditiou to what has been stated
befnfv.
U'oo K to tmnsport by water.
If 植 Govcnuikout gniiu ； trUmtc rice.
iiaikg 糧 gnxiQ paid to Government in liiMi of taxes.
ikih 石 a stone; i\ \>wii\ (in this sense also mwi tan (担 )，
when it is often written
tow ^ a touy a measure of gmin, of which lo go to a
piciil.
mei 每 encli.
an 被 針 calculated at
dUng 升 a sh<ng, a measure of fjniin, of which lo go to a
tntt (身 )， or loo to a picul.
tsU 子 a chilli ； a son ； affiliated. [p. 16]
子口 a small port affiliated to a larger port; a
' ，i 卜 t'l'us barrier.
子口稅 transit dues.
I'lm^ 錄 total.
統 ff total ； grand total.
ch、t 査 to examine; to look into; whereas; often denotes
merely what we shouM express by a new panigraph.
pen 本 翻 this Custom House.
jniig 並 and ； used to emphasise negation.
並 無 there are no
yn 押 to seal.
押注 to seal aud sign ； to ente^e.
chu 注 to sign ； to endorse.
hsicn 現 now; ready.
現 銀 ready money ； cash.
to*«n 存 票 a drawback.
p'iao 裏 a money order.
Mti 四品街 of the 4th class of muk-
p^in 品 rank : cla--;s.
品 銜 「*ink.
hnm 銜 rank.
fu gl] to assist; assistant ； deputy.
副 稅務司 a Deputy Commissioner of Customs.
thvi 稅 務 <tuty matters; Customs matters.
稅務司 one who manages Customs matters; a
Commissioner of Customs.
w" 務 business ； matters.
aii 司 to manage ； to control; n controller ； a Commis-
sioner.
yi 驛 to translate.
驛 漢 translated into Chinese.
ch'cno 呈報 to report.
sui 隨 to follow ； to accompany ； enclosed in (as in a
despatch).
申 state to a superior.
申文 a despatch (to a superior).
ho 核對 to examine and compare ； to pass (as an
account).
till 對 to compare ； to agree ； a pair ； opposite.
tsuinj 總 general.
總 稅務司 the Inspector General of Customs.
chiud/ 轉 to transmit.
轉呈 to transmit a report to a superior.
Document No. 14. [p. 17]
yiick 粤 Kwangtimg, Canton.
粤 海 關 the Canton Customs.
tsunfj 總 單 a cargo certificate.
chilli ^ Imperial.
欽 命 Imperial command.
tu 督 lo superintend.
督理 to superintend.
li 理 to manage.
ivei 爲 to make; on behalf of; in matters of.
爲 事 in the matter of
shih 事 a matter ； a subject.
fzil 兹 1 丽'
2)ao 報 驗 to declare for examination.
chHen 前 before ； to advance.
前赴 to proceed to. •
sJiang 上 海 Shanghai.
chiang 將 to take ； places the words between this char-
acter and the prmcipal verb of the sentence in the
accusative case.
nei 內 placed after a noun, in ； within.
yang 洋 土各貨 foreign and native goods.
ch'cnri 呈 If to apply for.
ch'a 查驗 to examine ； examination.
hsii 須 iini^t ； necessary.
須 至總單 者 "a cargo certificate which must
he despatched " (至 = fa 達, to send ？), a con-
cluding phrase used to prevent unauthorised
uddition.^, wliich, owing to its nntiquated form, is
dilficult to explain.
MODERN DOCUMENTAHY CHINESE.
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■chc 者 that which ； gives the verb preceding it the
f<m'e of a participle or a relative clause.
2Hto 報 單 an application for permission to land or to
ship goods.
/"to 號數 a registered number.
huo 貨 色 description of goods.
chic7i 件 數 number of packages.
chin 斤 catties or taels ； i.e.. weight.
huo 或 or.
p'i 疋 數 number of pieces (as of piece goods).
chang 丈 a chang (= 141 inches, or ii| feet, English).
^ 尺 chang and ch'ih ； i. e. , length or measurement
(as of piece goods).
'■h'ih 尺 a ch'ih (=14^^ inches, English).
tan 單照 a certificate.
Hang 糧 臺 an army paymaster (see Mayers' " The
Chinese Government,"' No. 566).
t'ai 臺 01 "台 eminent ； exalted ； a term of respect ；
enters into combinjition with certain titles.
i
衣
clothes.
衣
箱 boxes containing clothes.
hsianff
箱
a box.
shu
書
books.
hsing
行
to go ； to cause to.
行
李 luggage.
li
李
a pluin ； to prepare for a journey.
linr/
靈
a spirit ； a soul ； a coffin.
靈柩； I coffin with corpse.
chiu 柩 a corpse in a coffin.
yanrj 洋 酒 foreign wine.
chitt 酒 distilled liquors ； wine.
chH 其餘 the remainder ； the remaining.
yd 餘 the remainder.
toei 未 not ； not having ； not being ； the opposite of i
(已 )， having (sign of the past).
未 列 not enumerated.
lieh 列 to enumerate.
ckih 之 marks the genitive case, which is otherwise ex-
pressed by anteposition ； after a verb or a verbal
expression it may impart to the verb the force of
a passive participle ； corresponds to ti ( 的) of
the colloquial language.
ho § ^ the goods.
'^hiln 均 all; marking plurality.
^ 已 sii^n nf the past ； precedes verb, anfl, like ching
(©， " often separated from it by other parts of
the sentence.
按鎮 according to category ； according to deno-
mination.
hi 顏 category.
逐 aooording to ； one by one.
逐 欽 according to kinds ； item by item.
開 to state.
開明 to state ； to enumerate.
/(J" 分 to divide ； separately ； respectively.
分 別 to distinguish ； to separate.
/" 附 to appenrl ； to enclose.
附 紛 to issue [a document] in an enclosure.
mien 免稅 to exempt from duty ； duty free.
免稅 執照： m exemption certificate.
chih 紙 paper ； a document ； a, sheet; classifier of docu-
ments and certificates.
skou 收稅單 a duty-paid certificate.
cMng 正 稅憑單 a full duty proof.
pHng 憑 單 a duty proof.
cMng 正稅單 （= 土貨 出口正 稅單） an export
flaty-paid certiiicate.
pa^n 半稅罩 （= 土貨 出口半 税單) a coast trade
duty (deposit) certificate.
wu 毋 do not ； not.
毋 庸 need not.
V 撒 (f 庸 to use ； to have use for. '
ch'u7ig 重 a second time ； again ； to be distinguished from
chuvg (重 )， heavy.
重 錄 to enter twice.
lu 錄 a record ； to record ； to enter.
hsiang 詳 to detail.
言羊 秀田 to state particulars in detail.
ckim 件 色 No. of packages aud description of goods.
Document No. 15. [p. 18]
chien 監 to superintend.
監督 to superintend ； the Superintendent (of
Customs).
t'ien 天 津 Tientsin.
8
TKXT BOOK OF
ktiH 新 ni'W.
新 Hjj the new, ，•.，•.， the F"ri、i;'n» Customs, as opposed
to thUimj kuau (常 關) ov ch*ao kuan (紗 雜)，
till* Native Cii-、t"iiLM.
新 { 夕兩 the Foivi^m and Native Customs,
辫理 to manage,
f A iVi 直 錄 the province of Chihli.
fuity 通 to communicate with.
通 商 to cnminnnicatc by trade ； to traffic.
通商各 n the trenty ports.
通商 ff 關 the Foreign Custom houses.
通商^ 務 foreign tnule "mtters.
fAi<ii 兼 to connect ； and.
tunn 管 to control.
f»ni 海防 the protection of the sea coast ； pertaining
t'l maritime matters.
海防兵 備道& Taot'ai with military authority
and di:,r;^'t<l with coast defence ； title of the Tao-
t';ii at Sluinj;li;ii.
海防鹿 a hai-fang tHiig^ i f., a magistrate
in certain
iiiaritimo districts, e.f/., at Amoy.
海 防同知 a maritime sub -prefect (."c
" Tlie Chinese Government," No. 282).
Mayers'
f("''J
防 to pn»tect : to (fiiarcl agiiinst.
兵備道 a Taot ai.
兵 a soldier ； military.
pet
備 to prepare ； to provide.
tao
道 a road ； a circuit ； ； m officer in chame of a
circuit ； a TaotSi.
mi
米 rice.
米 袋 rice bags.
tai
袋 a bag.
靑 1)1 lie.
靑連 a kind of dye-stuff.
lien
逮 the lotus ； the water lily.
pan
半 a half; "and a half."
應 则 St.
應征" must levy ；，' lialile to pay duty ； '
to pay."
chcng
征 to levy duty.
強 i
p'i»(f
ma
瓶 a bottle.
麻 liemp.
麻 袋 hemp bags.
t^iao 條 clii5sifier of long, slender things ； also of bags.
Document No. 16. [p. 19]
tinifj 東 east ； eastern.
東 西 cast and west ； eastern and western.
東西 洋各國 tiie countries of the eastern and
、、- f.、u'rn so; IS ； forei«,'n countries.
hsi 西 west ； western.
wang 往 to go to.
往來 to come an'l go ； traffic.
) 智 trade ； to trade.
mao J
貿 易 trade.
i 易 change ； to exchange ； easy.
hv.o 貨 價 the value of goods.
f 灣 {/ 總 數 totals.
yang 洋 貨 foreign goods.
yitn 運 來 ciUTiecI inwards ； imported.
蓮 往 L-arried outward ； exported.
hsiang 香 港 Hongkong.
chiang 港 a harbour ； an anchorage.
chuan 轉 運 to carry on to some further place ； to re-
transport.
ko 各 國 t'nreiga countries.
yin 印度國 ( yin-tu-lcuo ) India ； Indian.
hsin 新加坡 (hsin-hia-po) Singapore.
ting 等 sign of the plural ； after a single proper name
it hfi-s a generalising force, as " and others," "etc""
" and the like," " such as " ； after a series of names
it -simply denotes phmtlity, when it should be left
untranslated.
shn 属 to belong to.
hsm 新金山 Australia ； 7/7., new California.
s7ta?!< 山 a bill ； a mountain ； an island.
chill 金 山 California.
niu S 丑西蘭 (nin-Jisi-lan ) New Zealand.
ta 大? 良山嘴 South Africa (Cape Colony).
long 浪 waves.
tsui 嘴 the lips ； the mouth ； a beak.
kan 幹阿達 (Jcan-a-ta) Canada.
chkh 接 to be connected with ； to bound on.
pei 北 north ； northern.
chick 界 bouadaiy.
MUDHKN UOCUMENTAKV CHINESE.
9
I'hi ^ or . theu \scc p, 46;.
ho ■ ^衆國 the United States.
''ft "'"J 衆 all ； many.
HOii 南 .soutli.
南美國 S''u"、 America.
；'" 區) [羅巴 Europe.
"力' 俄 國 Russia ； Russian. [p. 20]
！," 由 by way of ： from ； when placed before the name
or title of a person, often expresses the doer of an
net ion.
由水道 by sea. •
由陸路 by lan<l
.、'/'".， 水 Water.
水 道 water road : sea voiid.
/" 陸 diy land.
陸 路 ：m ovevlaufl road.
Iti 路 a road.
fking 經 to pass ； i-id.
,'k'in 1 合克圖 (h-m-to-Vu) Kiaklita
'•" 圜們江 (t^^^-^nin-chiang) the River Tumen near
Vladivostock, on the Corean and Kussian bouu-
tlary.
Iff I 北 north.
jih 日 the sun ； a day.
日 本 S (jih-2)Cit~ki(o) Jiipau ； JupMnesf.
hsifio 小 呂 宋 the Philippines.
大呂宋 the kingdom of 8 pain.
f" 呂 宋 lii-smig I originally, the i^^land of Lu/on ；
the Philippine Islands ； Manila.
安南國 ((tn-nau-kuo) An nam ； Annauiese.
kiden 遷羅國 {hsien-h-Jcuo) SLini ； Siamese.
lev IT 瓜 桂 [kua-wa) Java.
ho 荷蘭國 (ho-lan-kuo) Holland : tl"' Netherlands :
Dutch.
ai 挨]^ 國 [(li-chi-kuo) Egypt.
a 阿拉 Jt 國 (a-Ia-jn-hw) Arabia.
擅香山 the Sandwich Islands.
f'nng 統 共 total ； a grand total.
rh'u 出 洋 to export abroad ； export to foreign coun-
tries ； also, to go to sea ； to emigrate.
.、'/' ':/' 實 real.
實 存 real balance ； net total.
rhing 淨 clean ； net (as opposed to gross).
淨 數 net figures : net amount.
淨 重 net weight.
Document No. 17. [p. 211
hi," 花 色 description : denomination.
chuau 專 special.
ch ia 價 値 value ； prioi'.
chih 値 price ; value.
hsiao 小 洋 藥 Malwa opium.
ta 大洋藥 Patna opium.
hsiii 新 洋 藥 Benares opium.
tsa 雜 miscellaneous.
雜 樣 miscellaneous sorts.
yaiuj 樣 sort ； kind ； pattern.
mien 棉 布 cotton clotb ； cotton piece floods.
pai 白色布 white plain shirtings.
白 提花布 white figured, brocaded, etc., shirtmj;s.
t'i 提 to raise ； to bring forward.
sv 素 [P- 22]
素色布 （lyed plain shirtings.
色 花點布 dyed, figured, brocaded, etc., ahirting^.
ticii 點 a point ； to punctuate ； spotted.
¥ou 扣 布 r-cloths,
ta 大 小扣布 cloths, all sizc>.
yang 洋 標 r-cloths.
pmo 標 a sij^ml : a mark.
yilan
原 細斜紋 布. ie;ins and twilk
ts'" 粗 coarse.
y", 印花布 chintzes, furnitures, and cotton prints.
su 素紅布 Turkey red cloths.
hua 花剪域 velvets, velveteens, and fustians.
ckien 剪 scissors ； to cut with scissors.
yin 印花 裂婆布 .jaconets, cambrics, lawns, and
miislin.s.
chm 裝婆布 cambrics and muslins.
sha 婆 representing the Indian sound ska or shaya in
装 |g kashaya, the robe of a Buddhist priest.
shov. 手 the arm ； the hand.
手 帕 haudkerchiefs.
p^a &白 a kerchief.
ta 打臣 (f((--'^h*cjij in Clinton ese ta-smi) dozen.
pu 不在列 UDclassed ； unenummted.
tsai 在 to be.
10
TKXT IIOUK OK
ifftrn
mao
，"
• h'tfin'j
,Vi
tfUHtJ
線 o'""" thwuti.
； F^u/c ； iintwisltMl thread.
耱 throad.
滅 ftilk floHs : woollen.
K 毛 、v"'l.
城 毛 布 \vmtIU*n ""i 卜、.
毛 realhriN ； hair ： wool
JfH feathers : \v»m»1.
^ 布 ："P««i.
床 "
床 biankctH
旌 felt ； rupi ； Ijbtuketi*.
雙 :i [Kiir.
^ ^ boDiliuzcttos.
據 silk cloth : thin silks.
旗"、 s
旗 用羽布 buutinj;.
用 to use.
羽 紗 Liimletti, English ； fit" woollen "'"im'.
^ camlets. Dutch.
接 "Ik cloth : satin ； thick silk.
LP. 23]
沖 iiuitatecl, not genuine: shintlii
to act as.
ha
/"
ni
liny
yii
rhou
P»
kua
mien
pan
hsi
M
i 中羽紗 imitation niuiU'l^.
大 呢 hroadcloth; medium clolij.
(^嚷 呢 (to-h-7ti) Spanish stripes.
哈 （^呢 (ho-h-iii) Utissian cloth.
法菊呢 0" Hamiel.
呢 wwllen . loth.
羽綾 lastiiiL;、-
錄 thin ^Uk cloth ； ilatuask.
^ 織 crape lastinjjs
绍 :i kind of crajx',
}中 小 羽 絞 imitation lastings.
花素 棉械布 fa"i，y woollens.
^ ^ woollen nod cotton mbctuves.
半絲棉 silk and cotton iniMviivs.
钿截布 linen — s.
机 li sail ； to sail.
机 布 ca'ivf»、.
[p. 24]
t^WUJ
铜 copper.
織 iron.
tsa
雜 賈 sunuries.
銅 板 h:ir copper.
■pan
板 ：i board ； boards : plank.s ；
Vnnij
銅 條 Clipper rods.
Act • »- » 丄
親 sheet copper.
p^ieii
片 a flat piece of somethin«j ： :i
铜 釘 riippcr nails.
ting
^ ； I u:" 卜
售 old.
舊 銅 oia copper.
kuiig
1 展 ore ； a mine.
^廣 銅 copper' ore.
sMng
生 銅 luiiiianuiactured copper.
銅 絲 copper wire.
shou
熟 彌 manutaol ured copper.
chi
及 and.
頸 器 coppei'、vare.
t'ich
鐵 條 nail -rod iron.
鐵 板 】>;"' iron.
A+t tt. rg^ 1
W. rr W. hoop 1 画-
鐵 1^ 誦 暫"
sMng
#L. A+ft -f4: •
生鐵 51 pig 議'
chnan
據 bricks ： tiles ： flails.
壓 to press.
壓 載 ballast.
壓載鐵 kentledge mm.
t'ich
■frUi no -
uouware.
鐵 uumanulacturen n-on.
chHof
fQ- lead.
|& 塊 lead, in pigs.
kUiai
塊 a piece ； a lump.
chHen
紛 斤 lead, in sheets.
shni
水 銀 Cluicksilver.
pai
白 i& spelter ； zinr.
鋼 steel.
hsi
錫 tin-
錫 5l ^ tin, in slabs.
ma
馬口鐵 tinplates.
ho
各色 of all kinds.
赤 糖 brown sugar.
bill's.
strip
ip. 25
I p. 26
； VioDKiiN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
I
屮"
tkih
ftanff
fkmo
Mil
ken
.'〃'
huo
eh'i
hei
pai
rhiao
sha
hai
tai
榜 the bt'lel-nut ； beU-I-nuts.
模 鄉 betel-nuts.
掷 Ijctel-mits.
煤 coal.
;i ton (weight or cubic 'm'ii、mv -
^ ib y ； (IricHl.
乾 魚 dvi.Ml tish.
镜
蜜 角， salt tisli.
火 tire.
火 石 Hint stones.
石 a stone.
A 參 ginsenji;.
粮 grain.
粮 食 grain.
食 to eat ； eatable-s.
土 餘 dried indigo.
魚 |§ isinglass.
膠 glue.
自 self ； spontaneous.
自來火 matches ； also gaslight.
自來水 water from the waterworks
各羅期 (Mo-ss'a) a gross.
I ;i bn\ (as of matches).
拷 the mangrove tree.
拷 皮 mangrove bark.
針 needles.
密 力 (mi-lij a' milk.
根 clasisifier of needles, imis"'t、、 i*tc,
i*an 植 >;tudalwood.
nil 3E> o>t rk iH •! 1 nr Aftf 1
"Q" bit 11 ILiU W UUU .
，、|"，、+，4\、|
wood ； wooden.
U
jljc \i-A\a.
A Hi 'jIl* 1、'i、,i1 VL'/Mlf 1
/] i>f) "。1 /7
1 包 声' awiibi ； shell-fish.
tlStf 1
5^ shrimps.
^§ 線 xnanufiictui'ed silks.
tea.
茶 葉 tea (us merchandise).
yeh
葉 a leaf.
wci
跪 masts : spars.
la
媳 wax.
chiv
柏 the tallow tree.
； 13 油 vegetable tallow.
po
玻 璃 glass ； window glass
Document No. 18.
fp. 28
sMng
ching
油 oil.
火 油 kerosene oil.
漆 paints.
黑 椒 black pepper.
[p. 27]
白 椒 white pepper.
椒 pepper.
沙 sand.
沙 藤 rattans.
藤 cane ； rattan.
海 菜 agar-agar.
ck'on
海 帶 seaweed.
ssu
蒂 a siish ； a girdle.
土 絲 silk from the Canton district.
生 絲 raw silk.
經 the Wiirp of a web.
經 絲 thrown silk.
終 斤 silk (as cargo) ； lit,, " silk catties, Ci".
dda (瞎 ff)' salt; t'ung-ch"' (銅 斤)， copper:
yu-chm{^ ^)，。il; me"hin (煤 斤)， coal. The
classifier pkced immediately after the noim ti-
which it usually belongs has the force of what m
French gi'aii 画 r is called^ the "article partitif,
e.g., chStan san chih (船三 隻)' three ,«hips, but
rhSian-chih (船隻 )， 仏' viiLsseaux," ships
Uocuiiient No. 19); yin ssH-luiJig (銀 四 兩）.
four taels of money, but yin-liang (銀兩 )•
togent," money. Similarly, mi-tan (米 石 >
rice 。； pU'pH (布疋 >， cotton piece goods, cloth (a*
cargo) ； ma-p'i (馬 匹)， horses.
野 wild.
野粗絲 wild and coarse silk.
綢 敏 silk piece goods.
絲 線 silk thread.
絲 帶 silk sashes ； silk ribbon.s.
TKXT BOOK OK
rkwtU
mo
kan
kuei
重 子 siikwuriiw v)^.
$£ 茶 l.t.ick
緣
緣 甚 frreeo tea.
镇 $ brick tea.
$ 末 ifu dust,
末 the end ： ends; leavings; (iunt,
個 a piece (a genenil cliissifierV
竹 1 Hi in boo.
竹 竿 bamboo c;in«*.
tj" 器 kimbooware.
竿 sticks.
子 bcaav
接 (Jj cassia ligncH.
fjt or 搏 camphor.
律 9$ camphor.
85 bnuD ； <Ti.mphor.
塞 a kiln.
套 器 pottory ； t^artheDware.
衣 clothes.
I p. 29]
衣 服 clothing.
服 clothes.
futiieh
欲 boots.
靴 鞋 boots and shoes.
hsith
鞋 sb<>es.
子 children : seed.
子棉花 soerl cotton.
棉 絮 waste t ot ton.
htii
$ refuse cotton or silk.
tfint
顏 colours.
顏 <3ying materials ; dyr'-stiiff.
/too
^ niateriaLs ； stuff.
扇 hus.
把 a classifier of fans and other o
hand.
炮 used for 爆 (pno), to crackle.
poo
爆 竹 fire crackers.
miai
wheat flour.
J? 粉 rtour.
fin
粉 flour ； powder.
P'i
果 fruit.
果 品 fruit^
品 nink ； cliuss ；
delicacies.
mn
木 wood, ； a tret、.
木 耳 fungus.
erh
耳 ear.
夏 .summer.
夏 布 grasscloth.
tnao
毛 hair.
mo
藤繩索 hemp cordaKe.
繩 St ling ； cord.
[p. 301
繩 索 cordage.
索 to bind ： string ；
皮 skins ； hides.
cord.
t'i
chiao
liorns.
Jfji 丁 mats.
t:
地 ground.
丄 it* -%f
m m matting.
藥 材 medicines.
ts'ai
材 materials.
nhc
靡 the musk deer.
辭 香 musk.
t'n
土 布 native cloth ； nankeens
p'ei
1$ 子 uutgalls.
篇
五 IS 子 uutgalls (.so culled i
t^UJlff
銅 搭 brass-foil.
hsi
錫 箔 tin-foil.
po
箱 or §白 metal leaf ； toil.
chin
金 fS gold leaf.
yin
銀 silver leai.
mi
蜜 honey ； sweet.
蜜 錢 preserves.
chien
錢 comfits.
skih
食 物 provisions ； eatables.
Ving
籐 竿 rattans.
膝 器 rattanware.
ta
大 黃 rhubarb.
hvang
黃 yellow.
T;iviti-..
I p. 311
MODKRN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
13
htijig
jja. 化 samower.
力：
rf« 1 - ft 11 1 " J
反 買 .skins of all kinds.
fa'ao
早 straw.
阜 ip 昌 stnnv hats.
阜 ip 昌 fjl straw braid.
rtwio
ip 屬 hats ； caps.
pien
to plait.
ping
水 ice ； crystallised.
水 糖 sugar candy.
烟 tobacco ； smoke.
烟 葉 leaf tobacco.
烟 絲 prepared tobacco.
feyi 粉 絲 vermicelli ； macciironi.
'(*> i 它 a camel.
§ 它 毛 camel's wool.
ffcing 羊 Li sheep.
羊 毛 sheep's wool.
Document No. 19. [p. 32]
"fe (域 w 舶 隻 vessels.
'•hik 隻 a chi-ssifier of ships.
fun 賴 數 tonnage (amount of J.
fa, 法 law ； I'ule.
法國 （ = 法 蘭西， M^n-hd ； also 怫 葡西，
fo-Iau-hsi), France ； French.
ko 荷國 ( = 荷葡， Man) HoUaud; the Netherlands ；
Dutch.
tan 丹 國 Denmark ； Danish.
jih 日國 ( = 曰 期巴尼 亞， jih-Hsfi-pa-ni-o^ Espafia),
Spain ； Spanish.
aao 瑶威國 (iiao-wei-Mo) Norway ； Norwegian.
jui 瑞敦國 (jui'tuu'hio) Sweden ； Swedish.
pi 比國 ( = 比 利時， pi-li-shih), Belgium ； Belgian.
；' 義國 （=意 大利， My; Italian.
哈 外意國 iha-wai'i-kuo) Hawaii ： Hawaiian.
♦'hv/ng 中 國 China ； Chinese.
,g 洋 式 foreign type,
/im 華 式 native (Chinese) type.
《威 式 pattern ； type.
無旗 without flag (as a vessel).
職 按年 annually,
"a 割 to cut ； to mark ； to divide.
劃分 to divide ； to distinguish between.
luu
lieh
hsia.
輪 a wheel.
輪船； L steamer ； s timers.
蓬 a sail.
蓬 船 ； I sailing vessel.
列 下 enumerated below.
下 below.
Document No. 20.
ching
fei
ch'uan
ling
hsiang
j"
shang
chih
(p. 341
某 certain ； so-antl-so.
某 某 so-and-so ； such-and-suoh.
經 regular ； standing.
經 費 standing expenditure : office expenditure
(= Customs Account A).
費 expenditure ； a fee ； fees.
船 鈔 tonnage (lues ； the "Tonnage Dues Account"
(= Customs Account C).
罰 to fine.
罰 欽 fines [and confiscations] items ； account ol*
Hnes LUid eontiscations (= Customs Account B),
另欽 separate items; "Special Account" (==CuatcSns
Account D).
[Note. ― If a series of names, titles, or items of
any kind are written side by side, the middle
is commonly read before the sides, and the
right side before the left side, e.g. :
II 3 I I I 2 II ； or
II 4 I 2 I I I 3 II ； or
• II 6 I 4 I 2 I I I 3 ! 5 II.]
四 項淸措 report tu Government on "the four
kinds" of account, i.e., the Customs Quarterly
Abstract Accounts /1， B, C'， and IJ.
項 kind; item.
人 to enter ； to receive ； the debit side of an account.
人 出數目 " figures showing the debit and
credit, ' i.e., a properly balanced account ； an
account.
出 to go out ； to give out ； to pay : tho credit side
of an account.
人 欽 receipts ； debit; Dr. [p. 35】
上 結 the preceding quarter.
存 to keep as a balance.
之 ； I sign of the genitive case. The relation of
grammatical dependence which in Western lan-
guages is often expressed by placing; the nouD
upon which something else depends in the geni-
tive case is in Chinese expressed by unteposition.
This " something else " depending upon a noun
may be ； mother noun, or a verb, or even a com-
plete sentence; ':.f7.， gg' 監 3 督 *，一 3<:/iiert-*f?(，
the Superintendents, of ^ko--kv.ayi, all the Custom
Houses; 存' 留-' 餘' 銀 *， 一 3 (/iH, the 1 balance,
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P"
hvan
y'""J
hiui
ko
Ha"'
k aa I'
chit:"
kuan
OK '(*M"-'/"'， kiTuin*:; •■.，" tlu' LalaiHT wiuch is ur
ha« beon kept. This shows how in riiim'si' the
gi'mtivi' of u verl. or "f ：» nuuplfto sentence may
ct.uii. t" h"v»' the fonv of a relative cl.uise. la
either nise the f''r"> cif H""、i">siti.'" "my be
incn\iHt'tl U a(Ulin<; tin- t-haniclfi- 之 （'■/"/'); "J'，
各 ffg 之監詧 /."""" '•/''''"-'"' "the
" "'存 留之 餘舉，
rAih ，,"-'"", " the "il:"".'' wliirli is
kepu" Such roli"ivi， rhai^es, 、vlii'tl"'r l"nii('tl '>y
anU'poBitioti merely, or by nntopositiuu with 之
(rhi/i), may In- further enforced l»y ； I'l'linj: tl"' re-
lative itronoun proper. 所 (no);* ； 所存 之餘巧
1,0 tsiiu chih ,f""j",、 "tlu、 balance which is kqit."
If this rclativi * clause lias its own ]o'/\a\\ sub-
ject till' wonl a (.'lulling it sUimU before w; t'.j?"
象' Sr 所' 存' 之； 餘 銀 th.e
balance, ？^" V/"7, (in n'imexi"" with :inteposi-
tion). whioli, ''〃•",/"'"， the Hank, "x"ji， keeps or
kept: " the Imlance kopt by tin- Bank." (See
so (所 )， r)(teuiuent No. 2.)
餘銀 a balancf.
撥 t" M't luside fill'.
接交 to sot :)si(U' and hand over ； t" appropiiate.
铺 t'l iVvsist.
铺 S 之欽 a suppIciueDtary grant.
支 t-
支 欺 [wiynients ； mi\U ； Or.
還 to return ； to re|)av.
塾 to advance inoney.
塾 欽 advances (in nucounte).
洋入" foreignei'.
華 A a Chinese : n uative.
各 項 all kinds.
薪 f'lcl.
薪 水 a sakir.v : siiLirius.
盤 t" move.
盤 運各费 ex|>endituie on accouni of tmnspnrt.
祖 lent ； to rent.
祖 费 expenditure 011 account of rent.
關 房 ('"ytouiH property ； houses.
建 to establish ； to construct.
建修费 expenditure on account of const luction
and purchase (建 )， and niaintenanco in repair
m
修 to repair.
Customs property : sliips.
yen 沿 to j^o along ； along. [P, 36]
沿海 江巡査 <^ enlist; along the coast aud the
livev ； " coast" service.
/wit" 巡 tu cruise.
巡査 tt) cruise about :i rcvt'nm' uriiiser).
ck'an*/ 常 constant ； ordinary,
常用 in constant use ； constantly occurring.
常 用雜費 ordinary expenditure.
tsa 雑费 iiiiscellaneous expenses.
fk'cng 呈 准 to apply for and receive permission; by
authority.
cknn 准 to permit.
t'c 特 special ； especially.
特 用各費 expenses for special use; extra-
ordinary expenditure.
yuiif/ 用 to use.
hv i 聽 to exchange (money).
應免費 expenses of exchanging :md weighing
(money) ； loss by exchange.
t% 提 to submit ； to remit (as moneys to I.G.'s account).
提 項 remittances (to I.G.)， etc.
ts'mi 存欽 a balance.
chMnff 成 a tenth. [P. 37]
" 特 撥之項 moneys specially set aside ； special
grants.
tenff 燈 a lamp ； a light; lights (coast and river).
/on 浮 a buoy ； buoys.
clmang 棒 a beacon ； beacons.
t'a 塔 a tuwer ； a lighthouse.
t^S 特動 之工費 expenditure on account of special
works. [p. 38]
tua(j 動 to move ； to work ； to cany out work.
hung 工 work ； to work.
fo 罰 商銀兩 proceeds of fines (collected) from
meivhauts. [p. 39]
罰貨物 人官變 S proceeds of confiscated
gotKls .sold.
ju 入官 to enter the official exchequer ； to be confis-
cated.
putt 變 to change.
變價 to dispose of by sale.
ch'i 辑 to arrest ； to seize.
辑私 to seize smuggled goods.
ssu 私 clandestinely ； to smuggle ； smugglers ； smug-
gled goods.
MODKHN OOCUMENTAltV CHINESE.
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""， title of
； the doer of
^•A- fp. 41]
eniij^ratti ; emigrant ；
tH 提 歸 to remit for
hid 歸 to revert to ； to belong to.
fhuj 奉 to receive (from a superior) ； k'r'>i、
a high Government authority den'"''
the action implied in the vorb i'""m"
('歸 筋 to order.
筋撥 to have transferred (a> mouevs -.
i'h^uan 船牌 a ship's register.
p^ai 牌 a Government notification ； :in "11" i
kuaii 關照 a sailing letter 'for junks '.
yin 引 to lead.
引 水 a pilot ； pilotage.
cJuinfj 帳 :iu account.
chao 招 to seek.
招工 to seek work :
emigration.
tsc 責 to charge.
責 納 to charge a fee.
chuan 專單 a special permit.
kuaii 關 板 printed by the Customs
pan 板 a boai'd ； to print.
shang 商 貨全書 the entire books regard iiijr liiicle (used
for " Customs publications").
chHlan 全 complete.
shou 售 to sell.
售 價 proceeds of sale.
'''k(ou 翻 to reward.
QJH 謝 to reward.
hsieh 謝 to thank.
hmn II a Customs cruiser.
chin 救 to 3ave.
救護 to save ； salvage.
f'-u 護 to protect.
li 利 profit.
利 息 interest (on money).
hsi , 窗、 interest (on money).
mi 違 to offend against. I— p. 42]
違章 to oflend against regulations.
chang 章 regulations.
fa 罰項 moneys received ou account rtne<.
wei 未 能 cannot ； impossible.
Tietig 能 to be able ； capable.
yil 預 to prepare.
預 先 beioreliidiil.
先 before.
Z''/' 列 to enumerate ； to vlasa.
人 0 谷 名 all denoniin^itioDS.
尾 a tail ； wliiit i-s left behind.
尾 數 uii-settle-l items ； moneys t" he leuovered ；
recoveries.
/'〜 分 to divide : tVaolional (； ik in 三分之 一 * one
third).
t': 得 uuist ； to receive ； "> '山 tain.
f'OH 頭 the head ； Hrst. [p. 43]
頭 等 of the lii'st class.
po'iff 紫 to assist.
幫 辦 all a.ssisumi. ,
Document No. 21.
fa 罰欽案 由淸招 a confiscation ivp'Tt.
[P. 44]
案 由 cases and their Uetiiils.
yu 由 circumstances ； details.
fa 罰辦 to decide
開具 to state.
ckii 具 to arrange ； to state ； to preseut t".
yil jK 後 in the sequel ； follows.
i 前 before-
後 after.
chiu 舊 old.
舊 案 old cases.
ski/f 始 Urst ； the first tinw ； Uk-m ； lull until ; the begin-
ning.
luan 完 to end ； to settle (as au account. ； i pjiyuient, or
a case).
ckim 件 classLfier of 案 ('m)， ciises.
ivei 未 完 not settled ； unsettled ； ontstauding.
fsai 在 in ； at ； in the written language, generally a pre-
position of place.
met ^ weights ； a yard.
碼 頭 a jetty ； a wharf.
ch'a 査 有 there was t'ound to he.
yang 洋 行 a ibrei.i^m firm.
tai 代 for ； acting for.
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III ""mii* for B 川 （"rt-**/'' 赚）： Of III tlie province
hsUi
itf Szechwuu.
skih
jl( 龙 Szci'hwiin f^iugor (a kind of medicine).
chieu
Ill ^* ^7iu>)iwitn ititiiini
III \ - Jill I'l* 曜 u""
川 辆 S/irhwau silk pit'co good^.
chiiKj
"、*'" f'lr 室-蔓 ('入 "'"f/)' Jiingc'r
hsii
^ hi avv ； wfijilit : wi'ighin^'.
mci
査 明 to recopnise on oxiimination ; t
1 tinil to be.
4k%h
f( jJi rial wi'itllil-
yen
係 III W : it " that ： thi> i>.
假 f"lst'-
kail
假 報 1', ni:iUi' 11 fitlsi- report ； to
fraudulently
ying
nport.
希 to llUlH'.
希 圈 to hope; to unticipute ； hoping that
'•" B ti> I'lan: to covet.
多 報 to cvor-sUte.
多 報之數 ：m 謹 omit or quantity overstated ；
un excess.
rA',."f/ 領 lu receive on application (as a document) : to
receive.
lintj 領 to receive.
fa 罰總 t" l>e hned "ml pay ； to pay as ； i tint'.
eh""' 緣 to b.'inil over ; to pay.
ffiny 應 税 liiil.U- t'> 'luty ; 'hitiable. [p. 46]
tuug 東 ea>t ; eastern.
東 洋 the eastern sou ; Japan; Japanese.
W,' |p then ； thereupon : murks sequence, and is there-
fore used in introducing the apodosis after the
protasis in a coiulitional, temporal, etc., clause ；
f.f/., if it rains. [Ihtn] ho »joes ； when it rained,
[then] ht' went. lu eillier sentence chi may
apjHar in the plare of the English thi.u. But this
particle is also used nfter sinijlo nonns :ind single
vi'r、"， ：'s if we were to .siiy : rain, then he goes ；
. niin t':illin"', thru he fiocs : c.//., nien-iSeh chi ch^c
(f 占 貼 B|i 扯) " pa^tinjx on then it is torn off,"
whicli inciins "i)lac'ards will be removed," an in-
si iiptinii often seen on the walls :it street corners.
The 1Vil!o\vin<; particles are similarly used : tsc
(則' I， t-"" (：^)，/，'/」方)，— （便 ), (仍 )，
rh',' (敏 )， ivntl rh ; >' (就〕 : the last word is collo-
quial
':'，'' 次 er"iKl.
次 日 the following tltiy.
iluio 少 報 to fU'diire short ； to understate.
應 完正稅 full duty due.
p^i 倍 fold, as 五 倍 fivefold or five times.
2^*
yuan
ch iti
tscnff
ho
kon
ma/i
h
an
shih
shit
hui
mu
y^f
f"
rh^iian
chmg
tuan
ch'ou
下等參 crude ginseng.
賓 係 to be in reality ； to prove to be.
據 to select.
據 净 to sort ； to clarify.
净 to clean.
鬚 ； I beard ； fine (hairy) ginseng.
美國據 净參鬚 American clariHed .giii
驗貨廠 a Customs examination shed.
廠 ;tn open shed ； a yard.
乾 花 tiried flowers.
應 値 liable to be valued at
^ first ； placed before the first lo dates of the
month (as ^ 棚 日， the eighth). [p. 47]
玉 jade.
玉 石 jadestone.
原 ori^'inal.
原 報 originally declared. ,
加 to add.
加增 to add.
J 曾 to add.
合 to unite ； m all ； total.
購 to buy.
購 買 t。 buy.
買 to buy.
復 a^ain.
按 照 according to ； at.
實 估之價 the true value.
擴 to redeem; to re-buy.
嬉回 to re- buy ; to buy ba<ik.
回 to return ； back.
木 耳 fungus ； agaric.
與 with ； to.
不符 to disagree.
符 to agree, to tally.
全 貨之數 the complete amount of goods ： the
wliole lot.
正 半兩稅 the full and half duty.
^ satin.
銅 silk piece goods.
未 經 not yet ； not having.
未 經完税 not having paid the duty.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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nieh 接 to work up ； to feign.
接報 a false report ； to make a false report.
* 己 sign of the past ； having (the opposite of 未
( ivei), not having).
己完稅 having paid duty ； duty paid.
/" 罰充 人官 to be punished by confiscation ； to
be confiscated.
ch'ung $ to fill ； to act ； to become.
§ to become public property ； to be con-
fiscated.
ssfc 私 下 to ship (goods) clandestinely ； to ship with-
out a permit. [p. 48]
hsia 下 to ship.
poi 被 to suffer ； sign of the passive, when the word
denoting the doer of an action stands between pei
and the verb following.
被本 關査擎 is, was, etc., seized by this office.
被 ... 擎 to be seized.
ch(a 査擎 to search and seize ； to seize.
嬉 擎 to take ； to seize (as smuggled goods).
skill 是 this ； that.
是 日 that day ； the same date.
《 議 to decide.
延 to delay ； to protract.
延 未織銀 to delay payment.
j 仏 日久 a long time ； after a long time.
chiu 久 a long time.
hnai 壌 to spoil.
壤 爛 to spoil (as fruit).
Ian 爛 over-ripe (as fruit) ； rotten.
髓 無 從 there is no way to ； there is no
opportunity to
hua 華客 a Chinese passenger.
¥o 客 a stranger ； a travelling merchant ； a passenger.
ch'(h 査出 to find out ； to discover.
hsia 下船 to ship.
kuan 關照船 a registered junk,
關剥船 a registered cargo-boat.
kou 勾 to be connected with.
勾通 in connexion with ； in collusion with.
ch^uan 船主 a ship's captain.
chu 生 a master ； the owner (as of goods).
i 已下船 having been shipped.
" 抵 to substitute.
抵 換 to exchange.
換 to exchange.
簍 a basket.
ck'iian 全 數 completely.
/ 應) W 黃浦河 the river Whangpoo, at Shanghai.
ho 河 a nver.
河 面 the river surface ； on the river.
& "0 高 麗 (kao-li) Corea; Co 隱.
不卽 '…- 而 forthwith not to ….. ， but to ….. ；
instead of (doing this), (doing that).
er/fc 而 and ； but ； yet. Cf. kh 而 in Document No.
38, p. 68.
yun 蓮回 to send back ； to remove.
chan 梭 a godown.
^ 意 to think ； intention.
意圖 to intend ； to plan.
他 another ； other.
他 貨 other goods.
huo 貨 主 the owner (of goods).
ting 訂 to fix; to settle,
chien 減 to diminish.
減價 a cheap price ； a reduced price.
shui 水 毛 a sailor. [p. 49]
shou ^ hand ； arm ； a " hand " ； a working man.
wei 違 禁 ofi'ending against prohibitory rules; pro-
hibited.
違 禁貨物 prohibited goods ； contraband,
c/nn 禁 to prohibit.
ch'iang 槍 used for 雜 (chHang), a musket.
槍 子 cartridges.
huo 火 fire.
9C 藥 gunpowder.
ho 盒 a box ； a canister.
ts'ang 議 to conceal.
藏匿 to conceal.
ni 匿 to conceal.
sung 送 to send.
送交 to send to; to hand over to.
chht 儲 to lay up for need; to store.
儲庫 to store up in an armoury,
w 庫 a depot ； a treasury ； an armoury.
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TEXT UOUK OF
hm m to buy.
購用 to buy for odo'h owd use.
fki 寄 to sontl.
po fj^ t" tmnshlp.
12 船 ：》 cftrgo-boat
kang 行 主 the head of a firm.
ksiai 現 now.
現 巳 now having; now being; sign of the perfect
tt-nse.
現 已撤街 having been cancelled ； cancelled.
ckH 嫩 to remove ； to set aside.
撤箱 to cancel ； to expire.
hsiao 箱 to melt; to cancel.
po 接運 to tranship; to carry goods (as in a cargo-
bo:it).
thang 尙 still; yet
尙 未 not yet.
liao 了 lo tiiibh. •
了結 to settle (as a case).
pu 不 謁姓名 unknown by name.
chill I 哉 to know,
hsin^ 姓 ； I surname.
姓 名 the surname and personal name; the full
uaiuc of a person,
ming 名 a personal name.
私錄 to clandestinely cast; to make counterfeit
coin.
chu 镇 to cast (as coin).
t*un^ 铜 錢 copper cash.
ch'inff 傾 to melt.
傾 |§ to melt,
yunjr 銘 to melt.
eh'ien 錢莊 a cash shop; a money-changer's.
chuaruf 莊 a cottage ； a shop,
icei 未 頭執照 、"thout a license; without a bond
certificate.
yj£n 文 a Cii.sh ； a copper cash.
私 迎進口 to import clandestinely.
tan 擔 ;i picul. [p. 50]
ch'cng 呈交 to hand in at an office; to present (as a
document).
yiin 運 米執照 a special certificate for the transport
of rice.
yiian 原 照 the original certificate.
US a 私 @ clandestinely and without authority.
kai 改 to alter.
改 爲 to alter into (as one reading of a document
lo another).
tzU 字 II written character.
字 樣 style ； phrase; *' the words" in a
document.
panff 幫買辦 a comprador's assistant.
WMii 買辦 ：t comprador.
ssH 私 起 to land clandestinely.
chH 起 to land ； to discharge (as cargo).
shih 示 to make known ； a proclamation.
示 禁 prohibited by proclamation ； forbidden by
Government.
wci 圍 to surround; here standing for 聞 ( wei). " the
side doors of the palace where candidates once
underwent their examination " (Williams) ； the
public literary examinations.
圜维票 Wei-sing lottery tickets. The Wei-
hsing, or " literary examination surnames," lot-
tery is a kind of gambling or betting on the
surnames of successful candidates. Like all
gambling, it is forbidden by law, and when the
prohibition is enforced, its tickets are liable to
seizure.
p^iao 票 a ticket ； a lottery ticket ； a pawn ticket, etc. ； e.g.,
fa-ts'ai —0 (發 財 票)， a lottery ticket ； lii-sung
2)'iao (呂宋 票), a Manila (lottery) ticket.
chang 張 a sheet ； a classifier of lottery tickets.
yiian 兀 (= 圓) a dollar.
yiw 銀黑 a money order ； a bank note.
ssH 司 事之人 an officer on duty ； a managing man.
hui 賄 to bribe.
賄 買 to bribe ； to purchase by bribing,
fang j§J to release.
放行 to release ； to let go.
《 ― one ； the same ； at the same time ； together.
― 併 altogether; the whole.
併 (= 並) and; both ； with; altogether.
hsiao 銷 徴 to destroy by fire ； to cancel by burning.
hui 燃 to burn.
？/ * 易換 to exchange (as a bank note against cash).
t'ing 停 to stop ； to anchor.
停船界 the harbour limits.
chieh 界 a limit; a boundary. •
i*e 特發 准單 a special permit.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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cha 炸
to blow up ； to explode.
炸 火 藥 flynamite.
shu 數 severiil.
shan 擅 without authority.
擅 行 to [rerh] without authority.
hsinff 行 to do ； placed before verbs to denote action.
tcu> 到 to arrive.
到 口 to arrive in port ； to enter port.
hsia 下 iiS to lower the anchors ； to anchor,
mao 錢 an anchor,
shan S 山 a small boat.
§山 板 a sampan.
nU 女 a woman.
shanff 上船 to board a sliip.
hsin 信 a letter. [p. 51]
信局 ii postal agency.
ssii 絲 線 帽 頂 cap buttons of twisted silk thread.
編 0 帽 a h:it ； a cap.
帽 頂 the top of a thing ； a cap button.
ting 頂 the crown of the head ； the top.
hsin 信 袋 ； I letter-bag.
yung 储 to hire (as a workman).
储役 a coolie hired for work.
？/^ 役 a low employ^ ； a servant.
shih 食 to eat.
食 salt (ready for use).
yeyi salt.
fisianrj 詳 to state in detail.
shu 署 a public office ； to act for another ； acting.
暑 理 to act for another ； acting ； officiating.
tso 左 the left side ； the senior of two deputies where
only two are employed.
W 右 the right side ； the junior of two deputies where
only two are employed.
i 一等 （= 頭等） of the first class.
pao 寶 precious.
寶 星 an order ； the Chinese order of the Pao-hsing.
hsing 星 a star.
Document No. 22. [p. 52]
chin 謹 respectful.
謹 暴 respectfully petitioning.
pi'iig ^ a, communication from an inferior to a superior ；
a petition ； to petition.
犬 :in honorary title ^ivcn to officials of, and
above, the third class of rank.
臺下 a title of respect ； your honour.
因 on account of ； to cause.
完 淵 to marry.
ffl (=M) a bride.
Ira 假 to apply for leave.
假 leave of absence.
西 M western calendar ； according to the foreign
calendar.
歷 a calendar.
This character stands for 暦 (/?")— a calendar, a
succession of years, ― which occurs in the personal name
(sheng hid 聖 譚) of one of the Emperors of the present
dynasty, and is therefore avoided in official correspondence.
According to Chinese ideas, it would show want of respect
towards the sacred person of an Emperor if :i character
occurring in his personal name were used in its profane
meaning, and it has become customary to substitute either
another character of the same meaning or to slightly alter
the shape of the character prohibited, unless speciaf orders
to the contrary are on record. The characters belonging to
imperial names of the present dynasty, and therefore to be
avoided in documents, are given below, together with the
equivalents usually substituted for them : ―
ta
l^ai
wan
yin
i'hHiifj
chut
hsi
It
Characters
prohibited.
Characteks substituted.
In certain coinbinatioDs the last stroke is
omitted, e.g.. (hsiian); it appears, how-
ever, in ^(eh/u) and its compounds.
Otherwise, 元 {tjiian) is usedas a substitute.
繮 (hsii), the last stroke of the full character
being omitted.
the first stroke being omitted, or
允 (―).
蔵 (ching).
g 厶 {hung) ； later, 宏 {Mmrj). In certain
combinations 强 (chiang) is used for 強
(diianf/).
M 歴 （").
顧 (jn"i{/), the two last strokes of the full
character being omitted.
錢 {yen).
叟 (mhi) ； later, 綿 (inim).
亨。 r 甯 —ifj).
|i (cJm), the last stroke of the full character
being omitted.
^ (shun).
y]^ {ticn), the last stroke of tlie full character
being omitted.
According to an Imperial Edict of 1846, the first charac-
ter in an Emperor's personal name is to remain unaltered,
and merely the second character is to be slightly altered (see
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TraruilaUun of the Peking Olivette for 1875," p. 9).
Authnritiett sec 111 to disa^Tce on some of the details regarding
this question.
/" 伏 to submit ; respectfully.
伏希 to respectfully hope.
ho 核准 to examine into and allow ； i.e.^ to take a
IK'iilion into favourable consideration.
ihOi |£ to bestow.
施行 to grant that it be so ; to comply with a
petition.
ttai 再 a^Min.
再 者 further ； in addition to this, it has to be
sUiteil that
chHen 前次 on a former occasion ； on former occasions.
yu 又 moreover ； and.
VKi 未徑 have not ； has not
too 到 to come to the Custom House; to attend
at the (Customs) Office.
Document No. 23. [p. 52]
chii 具 to prepare ； to present,
具 X A petitioner.
l^in 懇 to beg.
懇 fj) to beg ； to petition.
chi 給假 to grant leave of absence.
(A'te/t 竊 a thief ； a t€rm of modesty denoting the writer
of a document addressed to a superior, as "my
humble self" ； it is frequently followed by the
personal name (ming J of the petitioner, or by
some other term of modesty, written in smaller
characters.
Uao 造 to make.
造册處 the Statistical Department of the
Inspectorate General of Customs.
"'《 冊 statistical, etc., tables.
cfc*« 處 a place ； a public office.
ch'umj 支當 to fill the post of.
tang 當 to mil ； right ； proper ； to act as.
yin 印字 to print characters ； to print.
印 字之役 a printing-office employ^,
chin 進工 to join work ； to enter an employment.
hsi 5§ till.
迄今 till the present.
li 歴 a succession of.
歴年 for a number of years ； in the lapse of years.
rod 未曾 have not ； has not
tsing 曾 a sign of the past.
kao 吿 to tell ； to announce ； to ask for,
吿假 to :isk for leave of absence.
hsiian 旋 to revolve ； to come back to.
旋里 to return to one's home.
li 里 a hamlet ； a village ； one's native village; a
Chinese mile.
chieh 接 to receive.
接來 to receive.
chia 家 a I'iuiiily ； one's home.
家嘗 ui' 家信 a home letter.
tsHii 催 to urge.
su 速 quick ； at once.
hui 回 家 to return home.
wot7t 完娶 to marry.
chHl 娶 to marry.
leu 敌 to cause ； therefore.
kan 敢 to dare ； to venture.
inao 冒 to make bold.
冒 i 寶 to venture troubling (as a superior with a
petition),
i 寶 to trouble another (as with a petition).
t^di 臺前 a title of respect ； your honour.
chHu 求 to ask ; to pray.
en 恩 favour ； kindness.
恩 准 to kindly grant.
pei 傳 so that.
俾得 so that I may ； so as to enable.
漏 t 完婚 to marry.
hun 婚 to marry.
t'o 妥 safe ； proper.
妥理 to safely arrange ； to regulate ； to manage.
yao 要 must ； important.
要 務 important business.
U& 則 then ； a particle of inference, marking the
apodosis of a sentence (see chi 郎, Document
No. 21, p. 46).
tai 戴 to wear on the head ； to uphold,
戴 f 慮 to uphold virtue ； i.e., to do a matter con-
scientiously.
mi 靡 not; without.
靡 涯 without limit ； endless.
a* 涯 a shore ； a limit.
i 矣 a final particle, denoting the close of a sentence.
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wei 未 f in Cantonese pronounced Mi-sze ； the pidgin-
English word for Mister, Mr.
tai 代呈 to state on behalf of another.
t'ai 臺電 a term of respect ； your honour.
tie7i 電 lightning ； electric ； glance (used in certain terms
of respect).
Document No. 24. [p. 53]
hung 紅單 a port clearance. The port cleaiiince of
earlier days was a formidable-looking; document
of yellow paper, and ornamented with curling
dragons. Its large vermilion seals obtained for
it the name of hung p'ai (紅 牌)， or red permit ；
Anglid, " grand chop " (Williams). The present
name, hung tan, may apparently be similarly ex-
plained.
chiang 江 南海關 tlie Shanghai Customs (see chiang 江
in Document No. i， p. i).
su 蘇核太 the three departments of Su-chou-fu
(j^ s?t), Sung-chiang-fu (核 sung), and T(ai-
ts'ang-chou (矢 f'ai), forming the circuit in
charge of the Taot'ai at Shanghai.
cheng 徵 to levy.
徵收 to levy ； to collect.
tang 當 (= 當 膀)， at the time ； at that time.
ts^nn 遂 to obey ； to comply with.
遵照 in compliance with.
〃mo 條 a paragraph ； an article (as of a Treaty).
條約 an agreement containing a number of arti-
cles ； a Treaty.
【：化 } "紛 to agree; a Treaty.
chang 章 程 regulations.
ch^eng 程 regulations ； a pattern.
chi 計。 頃科鼓 to calculate the tonnage dues from
the tonnage.
fc'o 科 to calculate from.
an 按 貨科我 to calculate duties on the goods
carried.
ling 令 to order ； to let.
tzii 自赴 to proceed in person to.
fh'ing 淸楚 to clear an account.
chhi 楚 properly finished.
eh^eng 呈驗 to present for examination.
ping $ If to apply for.
chHen 前來 to have come forward ； to have come to hand
(as a despatch, a report, etc.) These two words
frequently follow the mention of a document
received, or its tenor.
tHcn 镇 to fill lip (as the blank spaces in ;i printed form).
壞 歷 to fill up ami issue ； to make out (as a docu-
ment).
chi 訖 to finish ； to dear ofl' (as an account) ； after sk
verb it often has the force of :i sign of the past ； also
used for 迄 (hd), till.
shou 收 訖 lutvinj^ received ； having been received ；
payments being cleared.
收募乞 紅單 ii certificate showing that [duties]
have been received ； a clearance certiHcate.
收執 to receive unci hold (as a document) ； to be
placed iu one's hands.
— n 編 to arrange in order ； registered under No
ch'ao 0 銀 tonnage dues.
ling 另 照 having a separate certificate.
t'ung 通 共 total.
Document No. 25. [p. 54]
shou 收稅單 a duty-paid certificate.
chih 置 買 to buy.
hou 後 開 enumerated hereafter ； under-mentioned.
i 巳經 a sign of the past ； " having already."
shui 税 飽 duty.
hsiang 飽 a duty.
chuang 裝載 to load (as a ship) ； to contain,
hsiao If 售 to sell off; to sell.
shui 稅項 a duty class ； duties.
wai 外洋口 a port across the sea ； a seaport ； here,
at the port of destination (Shanghai).
pu 不 准 not allowed ； forbidden.
tso 作 before verbs, like hsing (行 )， denoting action.
作 抵 to substitute ； to tender in lieu of (as duties
of one kind for those of another kind).
ti 抵 to substitute ； to oppose.
2 滅 別 another.
別 P another port.
t'ung 通 商別口 a non-Treaty port.
shui 稅 課 duties.
k'o 課 taxes ； duties.
sheng 生牛皮 cow hides. ，
cku 猪 a pig.
猪 霞 pigs' bristles.
tsung 甏 （ = 驟 fmyig) bristles,
mien 棉羊襟 cotton and woollen mattresses.
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ju m ； i "mttre" ; bedding'
pao Q ;i liimiUo ; a puL'k»gi'.
(hamj 張 :t >liect ； rhtsNificr of mat-s bed sheets, imit-
titr«»ej*, otf.
yd 右 Tho right; after n document ； the above.
右 照 the above certificate.
Ksicn 极 ； I limit; to limit; to regiinl an a limit ; hence,
iw* a preposition, "on (such and sucli a day) as
a limit."
限到 D 日 I'n the (liito of arrivnl in port ； i.e.,
neither sooner nor Inter than on date of arrival.
Document No. 26. [p. 55]
ching 正 半稅軍 a full ami half (Uity-paitl certificate
{(or Itiver poit-s).
A" 湖 a lake.
湖 北 (hn-pei) the province of Hu-peh.
han 谨黄德 tlic three dqiartiiients of H;ui-y:tng-fu
(德 /〃,")， Huang-chou-fa (黄 hnaiKj), ； ind Te-
jin-fn ({§ '0， forming the circuit iu charge of the
T:tnt*ai at Hiinkow.
an 案 査 whereas.
di^antj 長 江 the Yanj^tze river.
長江錄 共章程 the Revised Yangtze Trade
Rej^'iilutiDns.
net 內開 it is stated in
chiin 均 all ； equally.
ho 各該關 rtll the said Custom Houses.
cMng 征收 to collect (as duties).
，• 已問 hiivinjr been opened ； opened ； open (as the
Treaty ports).
tai 開 to open (as a port).
ting 等 因 such arguments ； "and tlie like arguments;"
、' etc.," closinj; a quotation. The following expres-
sions are similarly used : 等 由 (fniffyv);^ )| 靑
( tcng chHng )^ " such circumstances -' ； 等 事 ( U'ng
shik )， " such matters/' When the words used by
another 、vriter (or speaker) are qnntecl, the quota-
tion is closed by adding the words 等 語 C tmg yil),
" such words" ； if an accusation is the subject of
the quotition, by acldin<? the words 等 詞 ( tcng
(2('i 人 "fmch char (； es " ； aftei* an enumeration of
malpractices or nuisances wc often tinrl the words
等 弊 ( tinfj pi J, ** such malpractices." Such
concludint; phrases need not be translated ； they
simply .show that a quotation or an emmieration
of arguments, circumstances, facts, charges, mal-
practices, etc" is concluded, and correspond to
what in English writing is expressed by inverted
coniiiias.
han ^ Hankow,
chik 置 辦 to Ijiiy.
chi 鈴予 to give ； to grant.
yii 予 to give ； to grant.
ch'ciiff 呈繊 present (as a document at an office).
shoti 收 執 to receive :infl hold.
tan 單貨不 得相離 "this document is to accom-
pany the '^ooda which it covers ；" the document
is not to be separated from the goods.
hsiaufj 相 nmtuaily ； each other.
相 離 to take the one away from the other.
H 離 to take away ； to part.
yth 業 a sign of the past : have, has.
業 已 a sign of the past : have, has.
pai 百 拾 hundierls and tens. These characters, as
well ； IS 萬 ( icon) and 千 (chHen ) (sec the two last
columns ou p. 55), are sometimes printed in forms,
in order to have the space before them filled up
when necest^ary. In the present case there were
uo figures to be tilled in, so that the two cha-
racters are here without meaning. Note that
the figures following on the right side and cor-
responding to chmg (正 〉， above, denote the full,
i.e., the Export, Duty ： those on the left side,
con-esponding to })(m (半 )， the half, i.e., the
Coast Trade, Duty.
如 if.
ho 核錯 to discover a mistake.
ts'o 錯 wrong ； an error.
chHnff 請 to request ； you are requested to ； please.
}cc7ig 更 to alter.
更正 to correct.
Document No. 27. [p, 56]
？: 己完正 稅憑單 a " certificate (proof) showing
that full duty has been paid."
pHng 憑 單 a duty proof.
ckc 浙 江 (rhe-ch iang) the province of Cliekiang.
fen 分巡 to inspect several districts respectively (used
in the title of 11 Taot'ai ； see Mayers' " The Chi-
nese Government," No. 280.)
ninff 甯， 台 the three departments of Ning-po-fti
(ni'ttf/ 窗)， 8ha.o-hsing-fu (shao 紹). and T'ai-chou-
fu (t'ai 台)， fomiug the circuit iu charge of the
Tacit.'ai at Ningpo.
】ising 行准 to receive (as a despatch).
W 咨 a despatch ； to address in a despatch.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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y 让
fmi
tsai
fsmg
lai
tang
ckao
ksia-
ting
hsiang
fa
預 to prepare ； beforehand.
呈 交 to tender ； to present ； to pay (as duties).
再 again,
奉遵 to receive in. s tractions.
在案 "it is on record "； is recortLs show ； " ;i con-
cluding phi'iise showing that the facts stilted are
on official record ； it need not be translated.
曾經 a sign of the past : have, has, Ii;ul.
'jj^ to carry.
帶 有 to carry; to be provided with.
當 at the time ； then ； in due course.
當已 (= 當經 chin(/) at the time; then ； in
due course.
照完 to pay in accordance with (viz., the proper
rate ； as Coast Trade Duties, which represent half
the full rate).
仍 again ； still ； yet.
不 合 銷 not all sold (as goods).
下入船 to ship.
等 情 such matters ； "etc.;" marking the end of a
quotation. Cf. tcng yin 等 因 in Document
No. 26, p. 55.
相 符 to agree ； to tally.
發還存 M to issue drawback in exchange (for
kuo 過
憑
kuang 黃
\ after a verb, a sign of the past: have, has,
having.
據 a written guarantee ； evidence ； proof.
連 (二 黃蓮) a kind of dye-stuff.
Document No. 28.
[p. 57]
mien 免重徵 執照； i. certificate exempting from levy-
ing duty a second time ； an exemption certificate.
chik 執照 a certificate.
yii 欲 to wish ； about to ； also a sign of the future
tense.
kai 改蓮 別 口售寶 to change the destination [of
goods] to another port of sale.
ehi 者 after a verb, has the force of a participle or a
relative pronoun (cf. Document No. 14， p. 17) ； shou
mai (售賣 ), to sell ； shou-mai-cU (售竇 者〉，
the selling ones, or, those who sell. 8uch a phrase
may be preceded by a noim, e.g., shang-jm shou-
mai-cU (商 人售 賣者 )， which lueans " those
of the merchants who sell," or " .such merchants
as may sell." In the present case translate " such
merchants who, having paid all duties on their
goods (imported), may wish to send the same for
sale to another port."
yen
y'dan
ti
pu
tung
ch^ou
huan
wei ■
chi
ch^eng
chao
ton
！ §^ 明 to ascertain (by exaininmg),
原 包 orif^inal package.
原 貨 inal goods.
底 藩 to enter in a book ； u book entry.
簿 a register ； a ledger ； an account book.
並 未 not by any means. All negative particles — pu
(不 )，？'，" (無 )， (未 )， etc. ― may be reinforced
by the nildition of certain words, which need not
be translated except where it seems necessary
to eiiiphnsise negation, c.ff" when they correspond
to English " by no ineiins," "nut at all," etc.
The following words and expressions iire often so
employed : (並 )， f' 賺 i (断 )， fhHen (千 )，
wan (萬 )， rh'if.ii wan (千 寓)， hao (毫 )，
ssit hao (絲 毫)， chiick (决 )， chiich (^),
ckHeh (切 ）， tsnmj (總 )， rhnm/ (j^), chHunfj (迴 ),
chinfj (竟 ）.
拆 to break open.
拆動 to tamper with ； to open (as packages under
bond).
動 to move ； to change ； to meddle with.
番由 to take out ； to levy (as duties).
抽 換 to take out and change (as goods from ori-
ginal packages).
換 to change ； to substitute one for another.
爲此 on account of this [matter].
紛照 to issue a certificate.
呈照 to deliver a certificate.
照 貨相符 certificate and goods agreeing ； if
the goods iire found to agree with the certificate
covering them.
表狂 buttons.
紐 扣 brass buttons.
扣 standing for S 口, a
北 船 a northern vessel ；
North of China.
完 過 has paid ； having paid (duty).
or chased button.
I, a vessel trading to the
Document No. 29.
rp. 58]
chMan 船 0 執照 a tonnage dues certificate.
fan 凡 every ； whenever ； if.
並 and ； or,
她方 a place. This noun is frequently added to
local names, and it need not then he translated.
裏明 to inform in a petition; to apply to.
專照 a special certificate.
ping
ti
cliv.aii
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、 以"" to use; it is sometimes employed like
:h""i(f OK), in mrtrking the object of a verb,
when the vorb follow;*, lus in the clrtssitnl example
i-Vieri.hsia y" (以 天下 與 A)' "t。 (he
empire to iimn;" but in the business style such
iK'iii8ative.s mow fri'Muently f"ll''、、' the verb, e.g.,
(hiao ，• ha" shu (敎 J [^漢 省)， teach Chinese
litemture," chia i hsiiuj-ho (加 以 刑 嚇)， "to
inHict torture." It most fre^m-mly "a iii's in con-
nexion with u second object, lus in 以' 多: 報 '少'
>wio, to declare, 'i Uo, much, or a lar^^e ipuintity,
;us *s/i(W, little, or a small quantity ； espeeuilly so
in the phrase t rcei • -… (以 …… 爲 …… )，
lo consider as "to treat as," etc. ；
(.g., i ch'i wei ch^ieh (以 妻爲 妾)， "t。 treat a
wife as n concubine."
爲 to consider as
四 個月爲 期"、 consider four months as a
limit ； i.e., within the liiiut of four months.
chH 期 u limit of time ； a tixed period.
yi( 塞 to exceed (as a limit).
Hh^ 另 separately ； besides ； arptin.
t 以內 inside of; within. Similarly, i wai (以 外)，
outside; i ch'ieu (以 前)， before; i hou (以 ^),
after; i shmuj (}^ 上)， above; i hsia (以 卞)，
below ； ipti (J^ 北)， to the north of, etc.
tien 電 線 an electric wire; a telegraph ； telegraphic.
電線 行；、 telegraph company.
hv
Document No. 30.
[p. 59]
護 to protect.
護 照 a I 膨 port,
pw 布政 使；、 provincial treasurer or Fant*ai.
ch^ang 常!^ 通海 the four departments of Oh'ang-chou-
lu (常 （■"'" 力， Chen-chiang-fu (鎮 o/iuO,T'ung-
thou (通 t'nmj), and Hai-men-t'mg (海 hai),
forming the circuit in charge of the Taot'ai at
Chinkiang.
cfUn 錄 江 f chcn-chinng) Chinkiang.
tmiig 總辦 to superintend ； a chief manager.
hai 海 H( 支應局 the " Coast Defence Office':
at Tientsin.
chiian 轉 to transmit.
轉 准 to receive a document for further trans-
mission.
po/> 保 定 the department of Pao-ting-fu, in Chilili.
tow 修 志局； 1 commission for preparint; a new edition
of the provincial, etc., archives {ch ih 志).
chieh 解 to forward.
shu 嘗 價簡單 a li«t in which the price of books is
.stitU'd; ； I list of books purchased ； an invoice of
books.
hsii 賴 additional.
賴 購書藉 to buy additional books.
shu 害 藉 books.
chi 藉 lists ； books.
chuan 專 A to send a special messenger.
chin 金 陵 (rhin-ling) book name of the city of
Nanking.
Iwfj 陵 imperial tombs.
huai 淮 the river Huai.
淮 南 (h 观 i-nan), lit" south of the Huai River ；
i.e., the city of Huai-an-fu, in Kiangsu.
Jcua7i 官書局 a provincial government printing office.
chen 鎮 ( = 鎮江) Chinkiang.
hu '；扈 Shanghai.
chinfj 津 ( = 天津) Tientsin.
tzit 咨請 to request in a despatch.
fang to release.
twig 董 ( = 董 事) a senior employe ； an expert.
lien 連 to connect ； to take all together ； with.
chi 給護 to grant a passport.
ching 經 過 to pass ； to come across ( en route).
yen 沿途 on the road.
t'tf' 途 a road.
huan 關 卡 barriers,
f " } 卡" arrier.
i 以免 in order to avoid ； so as not to ； the opposite
of i 2^ien (以 便)， in order to.
ts\t 阻 to impede.
阻 滞 to obstruct ； to stop; obstruction; stoppage,
chih 滞 to obstruct.
Document No, 31.
[p. 60]
wm 文 a despatch ； an official letter.
¥ai 開 to state ； stating ； " to the effect that."
foAi 凡 遇 whenever.
遇 to meet ； to happea ； happening ； whenever.
hum 官 員 Government officers.
yuan 員 a classifier of officers ； an officer.
】cuo 過關 to pass a Custom House.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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c/wio 照 例 according to rule ； in accordance with, i.e.、
not contrary to, regulations,
sni 隨 to follow ； together with.
隨帶 to cany with one's pen>on.
P"f'{f 並 無 not by any means. Cf. 2^ing wci 並未， p. 57.
印 照 a sealed certificate ； a passport ； a bond cer-
tificate.
chu U a commentary ； to explain.
註 明 to enter in a document ； to state by way of
exphinatioii.
hsU"ig 箱 隻 boxes. Cf. ssti chin 絲 斤， p. 28.
<'hih ^ a classifier of boxes.
wu 物件 lockages.
fang 方 tlioD. (，t'. chi 卽， p. 46.
shun 順天府 the ilepartmeut of Slum-t'ieu-fu, in
Olniili.
wen 文 安 縣 the district of Wen-an-lisien, in Sliun-
t'ieu-fu.
廣 a government grauary.
廣 生 ； 1 literary title : an expectant chil-jm {nee
Mayers' "The Chinese Government," No. 470).
pin (J 裏 稱 to state in a. petition.
ck^mg 稱 to stiite.
ckieh 屆 a limit ； a. set time ： " the time has come for "
or "tliis is the time of."
jell 壬 午 (jcn tru ) the 19th year of a cycle, e.g., the year
1882 {see Mayers' " Chinese Reader's Manual,"
PP- 3" 363)-
k^o 科 the examination for the two highest degrees.
科 鄉 試 the triennial examination.
hsiaiig 維 p a. village ； a community consisting of ;i number
uf Tillages. •
鄉 試 the triennial examination.
shih ^ to examine ； exaraiDation ； to try.
shih ^ to hasten ； to proceed to.
馳 赴 to proceed to.
pei 北 聞 the northern side door of an examination
hall ； fig., the exammation for ch 'd-jcn.
蘭 the door of an examination hall ； hence, ex-
amination for a degree generally (see wei 圍，
Document No. 21, p. 50).
應 to answer ； to respond to.
應 試 to respond to the call for examination ； to
report for examination.
ying 營 military ； a camp,
營 a guard house.
hsiln
a guard house.
hsing
幸
please ； you are requested to.
幸
勿 please do not ； you are requested not to.
liu
留
to detain.
留
難 to raise difficulties by detention.
nan
難
dittic-ult ； to make difficulties.
chHeh
切
urgent.
切 切 very urgent.
書 箱 books in boxes. Cf. i-hsicuu/ 农 箱， clothes
in boxes, p. 17.
花 fiowers ； painted or can'ed ornaments.
花 板 ornainentod IjoartU.
glj ； I set ； sets.
零 星 (itlds and ends.
什 ten ； sundry ； miscellaneous.
什 物 sundries.
前 途 on the road ； ahead on one's road.
B§ W- 乂 iiai'd houses at fords.
> 津 II ford ； a ferry.
]" 卡 IS Customs barriers.
shii
hua
/"
limj
skill
ch'icn
kuan
chin
ching
chHa
k、a
" S a pass ； straits.
Document No. 32.
[p. 61]
chHn
chia
cMcn
kuan
t'nng
chia
chi
免照 au exempt ion certificate ( see also m iett
diS'ng-chSng chih-ch(w ^ ^ ^ flS in Docu-
ment No. 28, p. 57) ； here, a duty-free certificate
for rice in times of famine and short crops.
欽 加 granted by the Emperor.
加 to add to ； to grant.
兼 and ； also.
管銅務 in charge of coinage matters.
銅 務 copper business, i.e., mint matters ； business
connected with the coining of copper cash.
隨帶加 二級 granted three steps of merit, iind
so recorded in the Board of Civil Office, which
distinction attaches to the person of the pro-
moted official {sui tax 隨 帶， " taken along with
him :' ), whereas steps gninted as not sui tai
are lost when the official is transferred to another
office, because they are attached to the post and
not to the person,
力 口二級 granted three steps of merit
級 a step ； ;i degree.
案 (二案 查) whereas; according to.
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rufi^ 同 治 the* iHTiml of reign of the Emperor T'uno
( Hill (186; to 1 87 5).
蘇 （=蘇 州府） Su-chou-fu.
fan 磨 ti iMundiiry ； a frontier.
^ gj tho provincial treasurer ； tho same as Fan-
tax or Pu-chaig-shUi (布 政 使).
t 移 l«、 ohitnge ； a despatch.
f" 91 憲 the provincial governor.
fha 礼 i\ (lospatcli from a superior.
hu 戸 a fiimily ； population.
^ 部 the Board of Revenue.
jm 部 tribe ； class; one of the Hu jm (六 部), or
Boards of Government
i m to deliberate in council ； to recommend to the
Emperor.
/« fff t" reply.
chi 給事中 ft supervising censor.
ttou 奏 to address the Emperor.
奏請 to petition the Throne.
chao 招 商 to encourage trade ； to induce merchants.
t^ai 採 to j^-ather.
採買 to buy up.
too 稻 unhusked rice ； paddy.
稻 米 pjuldy and rice.
tsa 雜 极 miscellaneous sorts of grain.
kai 概 all ； equally.
It 厘 ( = 篮) the thousandth part of a tael ； the Likin
tax.
厘 金 the Likin tax.
厘 税 Likin taxes (It) and ordinary duties (shuij.
chc 措 a memorial to the Throne.
fing 奉旨 to have received an Imperial edict.
chih 旨 an Imperial edict.
i 依 to accede to ； as.
依 IS "let it be as it was recommended " (in
Imperial edicts).
ck'in 欽此" The above is Imperial," or " such is his
Majesty's pleasure," a concluding phrase added to
Imperial orders by the ministers promulgating them.
ssU 嗣 afterwards.
/" 復 to reply ； to write in reply to a letter previously-
received.
thin 近 near.
ching 京 the capital ； Peking.
i 一帶 in the neighbourhood of.
shou 收成 to get in the crop.
ck*e7iff 成 complete ； full; fulness ； ready ； to become.
chim 截 insufficient (as a crop).
歉 insufficient and short of the full amount (as
a crop).
pao 薄 thin.
lai 賴 to rely on ； to depend on.
shang 商販 to buy and sell ； trade.
fa7i 販 to trade ； to buy and sell. -
mi 米 粮 rice and other grain.
chieh 接 to receive.
chi 濟 succour) assistance.
mm 民 the people.
民 食 the people's food.
cha/ti 暫 temporarily.
huan 緩 to be lax ； to remit (as taxes).
ch'ou 考由 厘 to collect Likin taxes.
i 移咨 to inform in a despatch.
ch'a 査 照 to take official notice (as of the contents of a
despatch. Cf. c/t'a shou 査 收， to receive offi-
cially) ； here { = an chao 按 照), according to.
ch'u 出示 to issue a proclamation.
hsiao 隨 to make known.
曉 諭 for the information of everybody.
yii 諭 to proclaim ； a proclamation.
hao 號商 a licensed merchant.
ch'u M to fetch.
取具 to furnish.
chii
具 to arrange ； to prepare ； to furnish.
•pao
保 to guarantee.
保結 a bond.
chieh
結 a knot ； a tie ； a bond.
ping
禀求 t。 apply for.
ck(iu
求 to beg ； to ask for.
chii
局 卡 Likin barriers.
ts'iin
存案 to file in the archives ； to keep 0
n record.
hsiang
詳 to state in detail.
詳 咨 to report details.
t'ang
倘 if.
pick
別 項貨物 other goods ； goods of £
uot covered by a document.
I descripti
MODERN DOCUMENTAKY CHINESE.
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fing 逢 to meet ； to come across.
逢關 to pass a Customs station.
逢關 納税遇 卡袖厘 to pay duty at Custom
Houses and Likin taxes at Likin stations met on
the road, i.e., to pay all inland taxes due cn route.
yil 遇卡 to pass a Customs barrier.
ssu 俟 to wait till; till; not until; when.
俟 |p as soon as ， then
Document No. 33. [p. 62]
shui 水 利 taxes on water industries (fisheries).
i 驛 post ； postal.
yen 瘦 salt.
hai 海 防 水 利 驛 隨事務 matters pertaining to
coast defence, fisheries, post and salt administra-
tion.
chi 紀 to write down ； to record.
紀錄 十次 recorded ten times for merit at the
Board of Civil Office.
liang 兩 江 the Two Kiang, ― a viceregal district com-
prising the three provinces of Kiangsu, Aahwei,
and Kiangsi, The two first named being formerly
called or considered as one, under the name of
Kiangnan, is the cause of merely two divisions
being named in the expression.
in 督 憲 the Governor-General or Viceroy.
fv jjig 建 ( fu-chien) the province of Fukien.
/"' 撫部院 the Governor of a province.
pn 部院 title of a Provincial Governor.
yuan 院 a court ； a hall.
min 閩 省 the province of Fukien.
sheng 省 a province.
chiao 交 conterminous ； just at the time of.
交夏後 just after the summer.
hsia 夏 summer.
yil 雨 rain.
雨 靈 rain without end,
—I 霧 continuous rain.
chiang 江 漲 the river overflowing.
chang 漲 to overflow.
chi 幾 nearly ； almost.
幾 致成灾 almost amounting to a calamity.
cliih 致 to arrive at ； to reach to.
fa" 灾 a c.'tlMmity.
'"0 稻 糧 ^TIUU.
不 無 to be bound to. Note that two negative
t'onil)ined make a strong affirmative.
chien 減 to decrease ； to diminiah.
诚 色 to decrease in quality ； to deteriorate.
hsien 現 在 now.
she 設 法 to devise plans.
kou 購 運 to buy and forward.
藉 以均濟 to help in effecting equal succour.
c ，画 照 案 according to precedent.
kai 概 行免税 all be exempted from duty.
t(ung 同 with ； the same as.
同前由 particulars being the same as the former ；
" to the same eflect as the former."
tao 到 道 hiis come to my, the Taot(ai，s， bands.
han 函 a cover ； a letter.
函致 to send a letter to.
chao 照 辦 to act accordingly.
so 所 有- If au individual or individuals are dis"
tmi^uisbed from others of the same olass by some
attribute (adjective, participle, relative clause, etc.),
the phrase so yu 所 有 (properly, a -short relative
clause meaning "the so-:ind-so that there is" or
"that there are " ) often serves to express the Eng-
lish definite article ； e.g., 所' 有 ' 現 ^ 條 〜
'so ^yu, THE, 5r，", five, '^Viao, articles of, Vi-<im、 the
present, ^yiieh, treaty ； 所' 有 - 商 3 A' 採 $ 買 &
米' 石 8， 'SO 2yu, THE, 7mi-8fttH, rice, h'haiig~'*j»n
^ts'ai ^maij bought up by the mercliauts.
shang 上 屆 the last time ； the last occasion.
ch'ing 成案 a precedent ； lit.j a ready case.
批示 to reply officially to an inferior.
shih jj^ to make known.
tHng 聽 to hear ； to wait ； to obey.
聽 候 to wait ； to await.
hou 候 to wait.
Document No. 34. [p. 63]
shui 税單 a duty-paid certificate.
f'wjij/ 通 商章程 Trade Regulations under Foreign
Treaties; the Kules appended to the Tariff.
ming 名 目 denomination ； description of kind.
jo 若 if'
若干 an indefinite amount ； the amount of; so and
so much ； so many.
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kan 干 to cone**™ ； concerning,
ho fSj wh.a ： which.
何 at which place ； where,
ntft 内 j*b 稅 項 transit dues.
内地稅 S& I transit certificate (inward).
ksiari'j 向 towanis ； to proceed to; a preposition placed
1 1*. fore nouns denoting the object of verbs incan-
ifii* to »sk， to say, to give, etc ； i'.*/., 向' 子' 口'
呈 * Ht*, \ li'eng ^tan, to hand a document, hsiang^t
Ti I, 'frtl-U*OM, the barrier office.
yen 沿 途子口 the barriers cn route.
kai 蓋 II cover ； to over- top.
蹇截 t^、 affix a seal; to stamp.
ch'o 截 a stamp ； to stamp.
iru 無 諭 no matter whether.
無 説遠近 no matter whether far or near ； irre-
spective of distance.
tun 論 to tliscuBS.
ifiian 遠 far.
遠 近 'listance.
chii 俱 all ; efiually.
t*tnuj 通共章 ^ complete regulations; e.g., the Revised
Y ；， n;_'tzc Tnifle Re^^ulations ； also, the Five Rules
* ro":iMinjr Transit Trade, called 通商 各口通
共 章程-
fan 販 運 to convey.
mo 末 tlie end.
末 後 Hnally ； when all is finished.
ghing 聲"' make known; to report.
资 明 to report.
hai 海口； I seaport.
1 ― 律 uniformly.
yen 烟 台 Yen-t'ai ( = Chefoo).
hui 會 conjointly ； to meet together ； to make an
airrecment.
會， to agree upon.
t 議 deliberate ； to discuss.
Viao 條 款 treaty paragraphs ； a convention.
yen 烟 台會議 條 款 the Chefoo Convention of
pan 半 稅單照 a transit certificate (inwards).
ho 核定 to decide upon.
fina 畫 to (Iriiw ； to paint.
畫 一 nriiforin.
畫一 款式 uniform ； of a uniform pattern.
k*uan 款式 ：i pattern ； a kind ； a specimen.
不 分 innking no distinction between.
ko 各 等因； i-q', tcng yin 等因， p. 55，
不 領 not having been issued (a certificate, etc),
".， without (a certificate, etc.)-
ail 安徽省 the province of Anhwei.
ning 窗國府 tlie prefecture of Ning-kuo-fu,ia Anhwei.
vhii 據 此 on the ground of this (statement, application,
etc.); accordingly.
% 以 便 in order to ； so that.
hsi 細奏扇 trimmed palm-leaf fans.
h^uei 奏 the sun-flower; the tree furuishmg pahu-leiif fans.
奏 扇 palm -leaf fans.
Document No. 35. [p. 64]
vuii 買土 貨報單 a transit memorandum (authoris-
ing; the piu'clia^e of goods in the interior).
h'wig 空 empty.
空 白 blank (as ； i form not filled up).
ling 領事宫 a consul.
I" 來 文 nn incoming despatch ； an ofHcial letter
received.
chi 旣 after ； if; as soon as.
抵 to arrive.
ti 第一 子口 the first barrier.
tzU 自 of course ； must.
自 必 must,
P'l 必 must.
t'nng 通 商稅艮 Ij the Customs Tariff (according to
Fore i 14 u Treaties).
shui 稅 則 a Customs Tariff; the Tariff.
ts& 則 a list ； a tariff.
hsien 先 發 to Issue beforehand.
""'ifj 同檨 of the same kind.
同 樣二紙 triplicate copies (of a document).
yu 由. This particle, otherwise meaning "from,"
" by way of," is frequently used to denote the
doer of an action, or the logical subject of a
sentence if it is not inanimate ； c.ff.y 由' 領-事 ？
官' IS' 該 6 商 7， '？ /" (expressing that the term fol-
lowing is the subject of the sentence) 'lijig-^skih-
化 mm, the Consul, ^chHh, orders, iDstructs, ^kai, the
said, THE, hhang, merchant; 先 ' 由= 委 3 員 4 申 s
载 6 司 7 道 8， 2， hvei-^yuan^ the Deputy, [must]
ih"en, before, first, ^shm-^pao, report to, ^ssHy the
lii;j;h provincial authorities and, ^fao, the Taot*ais.
Cf. yu 由， Document No. 16， p. 20.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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餘 to order ； to instruct.
當 right ； proper ； at the time of; iu the presence
of.
當 堂 before the magistrate ； at the Consulate.
當 堂畫押 to sign before a magistrate, or
before the Consul.
"cmg 堂 ii hall ； a court ； a magistrate.
/i 观 畫 押 to affix one's signature ； to sign,
.'/ft 押 to sign ； to affix a seitL
f、" 紛 領 to issue (as a document).
huo 或 or.
或 或 either or ； whether
or
*7m"5f 商夥 a partner in a lirm ； an agent,
/mo 夥
a partner.
fftn 三單 三連單 01' 三聯單 s 肌 Kcu tan)
a triplicate transit memorandum.
tien 眼 the eye.
跟 同 together with another (so that both parties
may see).
驗 看 to examine.
h'an 看 to see ； to look.
hsicn 現 往 nbout to proceed to.
/"irt 下 below : after a verb it may correspond to col-
loquial 了 Qiao) or 過 ()cu6), denoting the past
tense.
(丫" 盖 印加封 to seal a document and enclose it in
;ui envelope.
'•/"ct 加 封 to enclose in an official (sealed) envelope.
fii 飛 to fly.
飛 速 post haste ； speedily.
速 hasty ； speedy.
■'〃" 由 驛 by post; by courier.
' 驛 the post ； a courier.
移 to change ； to forward to.
^ to forward.
送 to send.
'■h'n 出 HI 海 If the exporting Custom House, i.e.,
the Custom House where outward trausit goods
are to pay Export Duty.
ch'a 査照 to take official notice of, as of a letter ； placed
after the name of the recipient in aU dresses, etc.
Cf. f'h'a 查照 in Document No. 32, p. 61.
• 按 月 by the month ； monthly.
ch^mg 呈 j^. to send in ； to transmit to [a superior].
總 理 to have the general manajrement of.
總 理 谷 國 事 務 the Yuni^n havin-
the general control of matters connected with
foreij^n t'onntrivs ； the Tsuugli Yamen.
i" 備 査 t" lile in the archives ； to keep for re-
fereiH't'.
's'"" 存 留 to keep.
〃w 留 to keep ； to detain.
yiln 蓮 照 :l transit pass.
路 上 oil the road.
chiang 將 to take ； before a verb, a sign of the future :
"al、(jutto." (— 'f. Document No. 14, p. 17.
出 n 海 關設卡 the barrier established :it the
port 、vliere [transit] goods are exported.
to/i 帶 同 to take with one.
yd it 運 貨之人 a person attemlin;^ :i transpurt <'i
tttii 單據 ：i documentary proof.
，"出 過 -fr t'l ci.iss a Customs barrier.
mi 違此例 to otfeud against this rule.
ych 業經 a .sijiii of the past ； already.
<Mi. to point out.
pieh 別 another ； otherwise.
yin 隱 to keep out of view.
隱漏 to defraud the revenue by concealment of
Ion 漏 to evade Q)aymeut of duty] ； to smuggle.
jpi 弊 a lualpractice.
shui 稅 則 半 稅 hi.lf the Tarifl- Duty.
匿單少 報 to conceal the document and report
less (th;'n the proper quantity) ； to make ； i false
ileelaration while withholding the document.
tmg 等 情 "such circumstances and the like actions."
Cf. ti^ng yiii 等 因， Document No. 26, p. 55.
t'ung 同 類之貨 goods of the same denoinin;itiou.
chien 蔵 穀 pierced cocoons.
to 穀 .shell; skia; busk.
nien 念 to think. Used locally to denote the number
•'twenty," and hence read crk-shih (二 十).
yu 右 貨 the goods (enumerated) on the right band,
i.e., the above goods.
fii 飛送 to send by courier.
t'/i'ct 査 收 to receive officially ； to take delivery of.
Cf. DutniiiiPDt No. 32, p. 6r.
^ 憑徵稅 ill order to furnish the documentary
proof for chargiDg duty.
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Document No. 36. [p. 65]
jtao 保單執 照： * bond certificate (for rice),
ihan ill f$ tlto Newchwiiug Customs.
fint】 舉 錦山海 BS the territorial divisions of Feiig-
t'ion-fii ':/(，"'/ 舉 )• Cliin-chou-fu (chin 錦、， and
the C'lutom House at Slmn-hai-kiian ( 山 海 關)
(at the ojuitern terminus of the Great Wall). o、n-
stitutin^ the a<UuLniiitr:itive district of the Tuo-
I'ai of Ncwchwang.
mi 米毅 rice and grain.
hsiawj 向 hitherto.
/» 例 .uoirdinjr to regulation.
pn 不 准 not allowed ; forljidilen.
h9\n 新 定 newly decided upon.
ihiio 稍 ^liulitly.
稍 宽其禁 to slightly relax a restriction ； to
j;nint a fivcility,
i'l'fl" 寬 to relax ； to mitigate.
t'h In 禁 to restrict; to prohibit ； restriction ； prohibition.
r/'"" J(j| 令 to allow that.
A'*oi* 口岸 a port ； ports.
岸 ;i shore ； the coast.
； 以 from (= 從 ts'ung),
以此 口運 至彼口 to transport from one port
to aii'tthor.
pi 彼 that (as opposed to tz% 此， this) ； another ；
tlu-re.
彼 此 there and here, i.e., on either side.
ck^eiuf 呈具 to dniw up and hand in (as a bond).
； wo 保單 a bond.
chieh 結 tn tie; a knot; fixed; firm.
實 ilnrable ； secure ； material. 、
結 實信據 a material guarantee.
信 a leller ； to trust ； to believe ； true ； reliable.
信據 ：i guarantee.
、- Ao" 收到 字樣 the word "received"; the endorsement
of :i receipt.
"'MHjr 從 (= 自) from (local and temporal) ； since.
fh^icn 淺 (the opposite of 滿 (imu), full) not full ； empty
(！ IS a ship in ballast).
yiia'i the beginning ； the first ； No. i.
存 査 to keep on record ； to file in the archives.
* 一 經 卽 as soon as , then
p^i 批註 to endorse.
chia 加 盖印信 to affix a seal.
hut 回 to come back ； to send back.
yii 逾 限 to exceed a limit.
jm 往术 ：i liiiul of rice ； pearl barley (=震 仁 米
i'jiii mi).
Document No. 37. [p. 66]
t《iuo 條 欽 articles ； regulations.
fan 凡 者 all who [or which]
pao 寶 山正頂 Pacshan Point (a locality in Shang-
hai Harbour).
P'ao 砲 台 a fort ； a battery.
tui 對 opposite.
對 徑 opposite.
eking 徑 a bye-road ； a short cut ； direct.
chieh 界 II boundary ； a limit.
wei 爲 to consider ； to hold that
j/ai 派 役 t-» depute officers.
hiian 管 j 甲 to keep custody (as of a ship).
押 to put a seal on ； to keep under supervision ； to
guard (as a ship or goods).
i —體 ； ill ； uniformly.
chieh 界 限 a limit.
tung 東門小 河 the East Gate Creek (Shanghai).
k'ou 口 the mouth of a river, creek, street, road, etc.
2)infj 兵船 a uian-of-war.
兵船廠 ：L naval yard.
tie7i 點 a point ； a dot ； a stroke.
點 鐘 an liour ； hours ； o'clock. %
chung 鐘 a bell ； a clock,
ts'ang 搶 the hold of a ship.
搶口單 a ship's manifest.
pc7i 本國 luy (the writer's) country ； also his (another's
own) country.
kuo 過 to exceed.
to recognise ； to confess.
認保 1^ I 化 to professedly guarantee there being
no mistake, i.e., to be responsible for correctness.
漏 無 言化 "'Uhout mistake.
"20 誰 wrong ； a mistake.
i 一切 all.
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fz& 字號 a mark (:is on ii package of merchandise).
hsiang 詳 細載明 to give an accurate tie tailed account.
呈遞 to lumd in ； to present
" 遞 to hand to; to present (as a document).
'■hia 假 false.
假單 ii false document (as a false manifest).
但 only; merely,
/■v'o 錯 wrong.
錯課 a mistake.
"，" 誤 niisUike.
請改 to apply for permission to correct.
ch'i
III It II
免 其議罰 to remit a fine.
<:h' u
fsai
再 nt^ain ； further ； often merely opens a new sen-
h'a i
tence.
''h*i
起岸 to land (as goods from a ship).
chia
,/(:
亦 also.
hu
rkih
1
ksii
許 to allow ； to be allowed.
H
例 准 permitted by the regulations.
po
以 及 and ； or.
t'c
i-huang
裝 上 to pat into ； to take in.
chuit
〃"
押 載之物 ballast.
tan
日 間 during the daytime.
ssH
i'him
間 at the time of; in the place of.
ho
jih
H li{ ^ before sunrise.
日落 以後 iifter sunset.
h
落 to fall ； to drop ； to go down.
n
禮 rites ； ceremony.
禮拜曰 Sunday ； on Sundays.
tiling
pai
拜 to worship ； to visit
ck'a
''hi 給假日 a holiday ； holidays.
hsitig 行 to work (as to load and unload).
chin 進 口貨單 an import manifest.
tzu 自 備 to provide oneself; to furnish.
chH 起貨單 a delivery order (for goods to be landed).
':h'i 起 貨 [准] 單 a permit to land,
ssH 私 行起動 to land clandestinely.
chH 起 淸 completely discharged (as a cargo), [p. 67〗
ch'a 查 输 to search the hold of a ship.
ckHng B 青 起貨單 an application to land.
請下 貨單 an application to ship.
/""t 下貨翠 ：i shipping order.
下 貨 [^雀] 單 a permit to ship.
許 to permit ； to be permitted.
ssU 私 行下貨 to ship clandestinely.
？)。 剝 船 （―- 撥船） ：t cargo-boat.
已滿 iilU-.l up; already full ； loaded full (as ai
ship).
退回 to shut out goods (from a ship).
shantj 上岸 to laud.
7"" 下 齊貨物 to have shipped nil the goods ； to
have completed loading,
齊 completely ； all.
出 口貨單 an export manifest.
開 截 to slate ； to enter (as in a document).
假單； I false document (as a "Mse manifest").
互 mutually ； each other.
互 撥貨物 to tranship goods from one vessel to
； ihoUkt.
撥貨 to tranship goods,
特？ II 單據 a special permit.
准 單 ：i permit.
單據 a permit.
私 行互撥 to clandestinely tranship goods from
one vessel to another.
何 11^ at what time ； at which time ； at that time ；
何' 特'. 起 3 貨' (T 特' 照 8 納'， 'ho
'shih , at which time, ^chH '*huo, the goods are
landed, ^rh% then, ^ho ^shih, at that time, hhao
9wa， the duty is paid ； i.e., "the duties (or dues)
are due at the time when goods are landed."
通 all.
查 對 to check ； to examine.
對 to compare ； to check ； to agree.
核 知 to know ； to be satisfied as to the correctness
of.
chieh 皆 all.
"^0 fffc 誤 a mistake. "
w?t 誤 wrong ； a mistake.
頷 回 to issue back ； to hand back (as a document
deposited).
mt'i 每 every ； each.
每 H every day ； daily.
開 關 to open the Custom House.
fmg 封 顯 to clo。e the Custom House.
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t'iny 停 辦公搴 to stop work (iia when closing a a
office).
aui
糧
on
時 suiting one's time ； in due course.
»
侯 to make a personal stnteiuent.
A oil
候
t<i wait ； to wait upon.
fho
rhe
1 ffL
to ilelibenito upon.
Document No. 38. [P. 68]
li
m
[ft 6^ *' liiirljour 111 Aster.
迎
ilfif ^ ^£ Harbour Re^fuliitions.
lo
各
Tr
國 頭 事 宫 the Treaty -power Consuls.
k II til/
同 to conjointly u^ee upon.
问
(t) coiisult • to devise.
rhun
m
行 to sanction.
tuaii
段
a section ； a limit.
fhaufj
上
段 the upper limit (as of a harbour).
Iaui
下
U the lower limit (as of a harbour).
.','•'"/
須 must.
rhih
指
fj\ to point out ； to assign (as a bevtli to a ship).
"n
妥
safe.
妥 當 safe.
/,"V,rt 小 雜船 a steam-launch ； :i tug-boat.
拖 to 'Ira;'; to pull.
拖帶 to tow (as a ship).
t'ih 而 aiitl ； and yet. After verbs it often h:is the
force of the Latin gerund ； ''.{i, 煮 海 水 而 作
整 chu hai-shni crh fsn "to make salt by
boiling sea water"; 輪 拖 帶而入 j"，
to enter (port), cr/(, l)y, /"'n-r/t' 雷" t^o-tai, heinji
st^anier-towed ； i.e., " to be towed into port by
a steamer."
rhiang 將 到 about to arrive. Cf. chiang 將， Document
X". 35. P- 64.
po 泊！^ tlu* harbour limits.
pan 辦 公房屋 office buildings ； a public office.
fang 房 a house ； a building.
薦 屋 Ji room.
t'o 拖船 a t,uj;-Wt.
y— 應 當 must
huan 緩 slowly ； to delay.
緩 f 史 to slacken speed ； to stop (as a ship) ； to slow
down.
ch'an/f 常 constantly ； usually ； commonly.
常 Jil uninterrupteflly; continuously; regularly (Ztf.,
:iQ uninterrupted stream).
ck'uan Jlj a mountain stream.
chiiuf 徑 入 to p:uis into.
pit 不 必 must not ； need not.
tcng ^ to wait.
等 候 to wait.
wci 危 ihuij^er.
危 險 dangerous.
hsici/ 險 danger; dangerous.
fanff 防 碍 a hindrance; a difficulty to be provided
ai 碍 to obstruct ； to interfere with.
7vci 危險防 碍之物 articles of a cbingerous nature,
e.;/.. jfunpowder ;iud other explosives.
liu 留 § to keep open or unoccupied (as a berth for
a ship).
2m 步 a puce ； to pace ； to move up and down.
步 位 space.
toei 位 position ； place.
<M<. 指 ； j; to assign (as a berth to a ship).
i 移動 to move.
ch'uan 船夥 ：i Diate ； a ship's officer.
/"""f/ 公 just; fair ； public. [p. 69]
公所 a public ofHce.
so 所 a place.
"'"ng 通 ？ ['g to report, tluough the channel of an inferior,
to a higher officer.
yl 亦 可 will also do ； may also.
iiiei 每 逢 whenever ； when ； at the time of.
fcng 逢 to meet ； to happen ； whenever.
t-ou 頭 诡 the foremast.
/.s' (；? If/ 層 a story ； :i tier.
fan 帆 a .sail ； to sail.
帆杠 a yard (of a ship's mast).
hang 杠 (standing for 杠 kang) ； a yard on a mast; a
pole,
右 邊 on the right side.
邊 :\ side ； a border ； an edge.
hs 'dan 憑 to be suspended ； to hang down ； to suspend ； to
hung up.
憑 掛 to suspend ； to hang up.
kvn 掛 to hang up.
明 clear ； bright ； shining.
tijig 燈 a lamp ； a light.
MODEKN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
skmg 繩 ：t cord ； a striii^;.
繩 索 cordage ； the riggin,^ of a ship.*
•so 索 to bind ； a cord ； twine.
shwf/i t 全 to bind up ； to fasten.
'M tie up ； to fasten.
hat ^ to biud up ； to fasten.
ch^nau 船旁 a ship's side ； on the side of n ship.
hsiao 小 船 a small boat ； a gig ； a sampan,
hmg 橫 cross.
橫木 a cross-beam ； a boom.
short 收 to receive ； to take in ； to rig in, as the swinging-
boom of a ship.
chih 支 to pay out ; to rig out， as the swinging- boom of
a ship.
huo 活 lively ； alive ； movable.
活 機之木 ：i movable beam on board a ship ；
11 swinging-boom.
chi 機 a mechanical contrivauce.
wei 惟 but ； except.
pai 白 晝之間 during daytime.
chou 晝 daylight ； in the daytime.
chih 支出 to rig oat, as the swingiug-boom or jib-boom
of a ship.
yeh 夜 the night ； at night.
夜晚 in the evening ； at night.
wan 晚 evening.
f(m(j 方 始 then ； but then ； then, and not sooner.
mm 錢 细 ； mclior chains.
lien 練 A cliaiu.
skill 時 常 at any time ； always.
chmg 整 to luljust ； to repair.
整 理 to adjust ； to keep in order.
chHng 淸 妥 clear and safe (as the anchor chains? of a, ship).
yiieh 月滿 nt full moon (i.q., tmng 望).
月 动生時 at new moon {i,q., shiio 朔 )•
shing 生 to be born ； to come into existence.
yu 尤 more ； still more ； particularly.
尤 爲緊要 it is still more importiint ； it is of
special importance.
chin 緊 important.
緊 要 important.
ch^ien 牵 to connect,
chih ^ as regards.
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hou 後 而 behind ； astern (of a ship).
ydo 要 must ； must be.
tuaii 短 short.
^'ffo 過 長 excessively long ； too long.
i 以期 （ = 以 望） s'， that it may be hoped ； so as
nut to interfere with.
piiifi 便 convenient.
便 ilk to be expedient to ； to fncilitate.
k'ai 開 放大砲 tn ike ofl' cannon.
p'ao 飽 caunon.
ch'iang 槍 ； i gun.
huo 火 tire.
火 iSl gunpowder.
火 藥開花 子 .slifU iuii.k'il j;uupo\vder.
f 德 5 單 ；»■ bullet ； a shot ； a shell.
li 粒 ； I graiu of rice ； a, classifier of bullets, curtridges,
shells, etc.
chih 至 up to.
p'ajig 碟 (in imitation of the EngU.sh sound " pound ") a
pound ； pounds.
luan 灌 to pour into.
灌藥 《：！ 彈 m'tridges.
san 三 里路； I (Usuince of three li, m' one English mile.
？ w 路 a road.
ch% 扯 to haul up ； to hoist.
扯挂 to hoist (as a flag).
tail 自 能 爆. 開 intiammable ； explosive.
pao 爆 to burn ； to burst into flame.
to 多寡 quantity ； how much.
kua 寡 little.
k'ai 開出 to proceed to (as a ship on biviug lifted
anchors). [p. 70]
開 験 to proceeil on a journey (as a ship).
7img 能引 火之油 infl:»iiiniab!e oil (as kerosene oil,
etc.).
yin 引 火 to strike fire; to inflame.
k'ao 靠 to lean on ； to rely on ； by the side of.
p^u 浦東岸 the shore of the river opposite Sliangliiu ；
the I'ootung shore.
icm '盧 on infectious disease ； an epuleniic.
痕 病 :m infectious disease.
ping 病 sick ； sickness.
hnnng 黃旗 a yellow flag ； the quarantine Hue,'.
shang 上 下 up and down ； t" laml and ship ； to commu-
nicate with I he shore (as irom ou board a ship).
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！ S 載 £ 物
nui 煤 灰 coul asheB.
Alii 灰 itshes.
t'tin 炭 charcoal.
炭 碎 churcoiil iishefl.
mti 碎 fnitinu'nts ； broken pieces or bits.
jMo 抛 to tlm、、v awjiy.
抛 棄 to throw away.
rMi 秦 til throw away.
p'u 浦 a river; the Hwangpu at Shan"fli;".
yii 欲要 to want to.
ttng 登 ti' .(scend ； to enter (as in a book).
登 岸 to go on shore.
rtio 酌 to consider ； to arrange for.
jai 入教 a number of men.
fit 敷 t'» Ik* sufficient for.
rh'i 起 IS 練 to lift authors ； to clear ohain.
AxiVr 下 辣 to pay out [anchor] chain.
rh'i" 'I' 船 pfj the l)ow of ； i ship.
船 [ifi 支出 之诡: I jib-boom.
lihnu 收 jfl to rig in (:i.s a jil)-boom).
設 樓 to lay down buoys and beacons.
ch'a 査看 to inspect.
shih ^ 否 whether or not.
foil 否 not; whether or not ； if not.
an 安 to place ； to lay down.
安 IS to erect ； to lay down (as a buoy).
p'ai 派定 to allot ； to decide (as on the site of a buoy
to be hiiii down).
hiei 歸 to revert to; to be under the control of.
jih 日 後 afterwards ； in the course of tiuie.
pn 不 便 inconvenient.
ku 敌 a cause ； a re:i.son ； causing.
yii 諭令 tn order.
chu 主 the owner of an object.
i 移換 to change.
f i 她 方 a place.
crh 而 and ； but; yet ； and yet.
pu 不 ^0 not immediiitely ； forthwith not.
ttun 運 to comply with orders.
tai 代 爲辦理 to act for another; to take action
in a matter which another has not taken up.
shih ^ to cause to.
使费 to lay out ； to incur an expense for another ；
expenses.
j^ji 認 付 to be responsible for (payment) ； to h;tve to
.sul)niit to.
fu 付 to give to.
shih 失 to lose ； to miss ； to fail, [p. 71]
失 火 to catch fire ； fire breaking out.
ch'im 前 後 in front and behind.
鳴 the cry of a bird ； to cry ； to sonnrl.
鳴 fl to sound a gong.
Zo fi -A gong.
pno 報嘗 to beat alarm.
ching 警 to rouse ； to warn ； to alarm.
yu 有船 被焚之 :i fire-alarm ； a signal flag
h( listed wlu'ii a ship is on fire.
被焚 to be burned ； to be on fire.
fin 焚 to burn.
ch'6 扯上 扯下 to hoist and lower (as a signal Hag or
lantern on board ship).
fci 飛 報 to send immediate notice to; to send ；).
tiying message.
shni 水巡捕 the river police (at Shanghai).
kua f 圭 旌望臺 a signal station.
wang 望 to look to ； to see ； to hope.
望臺 a look out; a signal station ； a tower beacon.
hnig 工部局 the Municipal Council (at Shanghai).
Ml 知 照 to inform.
htmfj 轟 tt) blast.
森 爆之物 explosive matter or articles.
pao 爆 tire bursting ； fireworks.
hui 回 驶 to sail back.
hsil 續 to continue ； additional ； supplenientary.
績 議 additionally agreed upon.
kao 告白； I notice.
ch'uan 船；^ 之；^ a signal flag denoting the name of a.
ship.
c^i'e 扯 旗望臺 a signal station.
遠見 to see from afar,
p(to 報 知 to give notice to.
ho 何處 【it what place ； whether at any place.
chien 見有 to see that there is; to discover.
chiao 碟 a rock.
]^ 石 a rock.
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^-h'ien 淺 shallow.
水 shallow water ； ； i shoal.
/ 聽 i 壞 to spoil ； to be lost.
壌 船 ；' wreck.
lm.an(j 相 遇 to happen to one (as an accident).
k'ai 開 來 to come from (as a ship).
途 間 ou the way ； m route.
yy> 有無 whether there is ； whether there was,
ta 大風 a storm.
ho 何日 on what date.
too 到 此 to arrive here ； to arrive at this port.
t'hHng 情 形 circumstances.
hsing 形 shape ； fi'nii ； to describe ； description.
* 移動 to move ； to be carried away.
fh'ucm ^ :i ship's light ； a lightship.
塔 :i tower ； a lighthouse.
塔 燈= (燈 塔） ； L lighthouse.
yen 黑 jj pitchy; I. lack.
黑 P 滅 to extinguish (as a light).
niieh 滅 to extinguish.
•I 損 to lose.
損 壞 to be spoilt ； to be out of order ； to wreck.
i 意 有不洽 to disagree ； not to fall in with one's
idens ； to liiive fault to find with. [p. 72]
不 to disagree.
iisia to harmonise with.
chH 拔 skill.
拔 藝 professional competency.
i 藝 skill ； ability in working. -
aheng 生 疏 raw ； coarse ； incomplete.
■su 疏 (.-ourse ； careless.
hdng 性 nature ； character.
性 情 personal conduct.
p^i 不善 bad.
sltan 善 good.
kan 趕 quickly.
趕緊 as quickly as possible.
chin 緊 important ； quickly.
t(ung 通 知 to inform through another.
ck'a 查 辦 to investigate.
醫 木板 a board (classifier, kuai 塊、.
wim I 占 t" paste on.
？占 K 占 ti> paste up (as a public notice).
"《eh 貼 to pa>tc up (as a pul)lic notice).
Mh 知 閱 to take notice of.
yiie/t 閱 t... peruse.
ftluiufj 上 面 abovp ； on it (iis on a surface).
i —覽 而知 to see ami notice a mutter at a
glauce ； synoptical.
Zaii 覽 to inspect ； to behold tVoiu a distance.
fmg 奉 to oti'er to ； to receive,
奉 勸 to offer one's advice to ； to \v;irn.
ch*'uan 勸 to advise.
cfh'ieh 切 勿 not by ； vny means. Of. 'ph>{/ 並 未， docu-
ment No. 28, p. 57.
vm 勿 not; do not.
shim ]'lf\ to obey ； going with, not acjainst.
M M with the tide.
ch'ao 潮 the Hood tide.
ch^mg 誠 really ； sincerely.
誠 恐 there is real fear that.
醫 J 恐 to fear.
^%ng $並 to collide.
碰 壞 to wreck from collision ； to damage by
culiisioQ.
eld 已 sell'; oneself; one'rs own.
sun 損 傷 to be damaged ； damage.
jin 認 理 to be responsible for.
loei 惟 to consider ； to hold that ； only.
p'ai 派 辧 之人 a deputy.
fu 付 紛 to tender (as payment).
vm 吳 \% Woosung (an out-station at the mouth of
the Shanghai river).
po 泊船章 f± regulations for the mooring of sliips.
kung 公同商 定准行 conjointly discussed ;ind ap-
pi iived of (； IS by u body of officials).
'i'""J 兵營 a camp.
ying 營 a camp.
mien 面前 in front of.
Ian 藍白色 力芹 a blue mid white flag ； the I'cudez-
vous flag (Marryat's Code).
chS 旅 （ = 旗） a flag.
chu 駐 to reside.
chih 指 泊 A a berthing officer.
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k'o 可 U "in ； may.
ch ih 指 示 to point out ； to iissij^n (as a berth to a ship).
jih/ ftS 法 tn devise n plan ； to see that.
nhih 使 til cause to ； so that.
yUli 便 tn facilitate.
便 1ft to meet with no difficulty in; to facilitate ；
to "I' "'iv'u facilities in.
rh'un 淺沙 a bar (as the Woosung Bar). [p. 73]
Ahi 沙 sand ； it sand or iiuid bank.
沙雜 ：i *>ar (as the Woosung Bar).
t'nn 雜 nipiils in a stream ； ！ in obstruction arising from
n n ks or .sand-lxmks.
icati/j 望?! to take the bearing of.
chiin 準 to oqualij;e ； to adjust.
piao 1^ 禅 a beacon pole (classifier, Un 根)，
/■•"M 择 A pole.
limn 聯 to join ； to connect
聯贯 to join (as several objects seen in a line).
hian 貫 a string (as of cash) ； to string ； to connect.
fhih 直 線 a straight line.
h-fit-n 線 thro;Kl ； wire ； a line drawn.
/so 左 右 right ― left; on either side of; more or
lesa ； nhout.
f" IpS 她 (f、i-ti, in imitation of the English sound
•■ I. Hit") a foot ； feet.
p'<ti 派 去 to depute.
'(0 妥 便 safe and comfortable.
/(iao 條 :i classifier of roads, etc.
碍 to endanger ； danger ； difficulty.
i 移 泊 to shift anchorage ； to remove from one berth
t'l ； mother.
因 此 thereby ； therefore.
惟某； ^ g 行 認 理 。r. 惟 某 A 是問 So-
aii'l-so will be lidd responsible.
yao 要 故 an urgent reason.
jfihi 允 。' permit,
允行 to give authority to.
p'o 拍 liere sUnding for }Q. to anchor.
lido 料 to consider.
料 理 to manage.
chieJi 接收 to receive.
^h(m 樓 to write out ； to copy.
y 饥 途情形 [a record of] occurrences on the road ；
the 1%' of a ship.
ao 教函 ：i written report.
i 易於 or 易以 easy to; to find no difficulty
ill
mi 違 犯 to offend against.
fail 犯 to be guilty ； to offend against.
Document No. 39. [p. 74]
yd 諭 an order.
hutn 端 upright ； correct ； also, matters ； affairs,
端 陽節期 the fLragon-boat festival.
端 陽 or 端 午 the dragon-boat festival (5 th day
of 5th moon).
yang 陽 the male principle ； the sun.
chieh 節 a period of time ； a feast day.
節期 a festival ； a periodical feast day.
"infj 停 to stop.
停 辦公事 to close a public office ； to stop work
(as on ； I holiday).
i'e 特 输 a special order.
Document No. 40.
an 按察使 a provincial judge.
iung 東 海 II the Chefoo Customs.
fen 分守 to have the control of several administrative
districts respectively.
teyig 登菜靑 the three departments of Teng-chou-fii
(登 tcng)^ Lai-chon-fu (菜 lai), and Ch*ing-chou-
fu (靑 chHng), forming the circuit in charge of
the Taot'ai at Chefoo.
yil 諭 翁遵辦 orders for the guidance [of those
concerned].
hsiek 卸 to unload.
報 税 to declare [goods] for payment of duty.
P(w 舗 a shop.
舗商人 traders ； merchants.
大 II the [Native] Custom House (at Chefoo).
so 所 以 in order to thereby ； by which means it is
intended to.
yuan 原. 所 以 杜 …… by which means it was originally
intended to prohibit
tu 杜 to restrict ； to prohibit.
影 a shadow ； a delusion.
影 射 a shadow projecting ； false statements ； false
declarations,
sM 射 to shoot out ； to project (as a shadow).
MODERN DOCUlVrENTARY CHINESE.
37
<7"'rt 夾 rioulile ； the lining of clothes.
夾 帶 to carry secretly ； to smuggle.
" 諸 m11 ； as a sign of the plural, the.
諸 弊 ； ill the malpractices ； the malpractices.
近 near; lately.
近 問 it has lately been nimoiuvl ； I have recently
Iieartl.
^vcn 問 to hear ； it i.s rumoured.
J)"o 報 卸 to declare goods as having to be landed.
" 匿 過 紅 單 fraudulently omitted in the clearance
document (as goods not declared at the Custom
House).
'hiiig 竟 really ； indeed.
覚 不 not at ； even not. Cf. ping 並 未， Docu-
ment No. 28, p. 57.
ml 似 like.
似 此 like thi:> ； thus.
/"m 含 to cherish.
含混 to cherish confusion ； to be negligent about
matters.
h u n
m
confused; confusion; mixed ； ill-assorted.
'•h'U
取
巧 to exact an undue advantage.
rh'ido
巧
clever ； crafty.
)ta)i
難
保 ilifScult to secure.
shcii
中
明 to explain clearly ； to state clearly.
eh f a
奮
old.
i
鏞
1
i
以
in order to.
以杜 弊端 in order to restrict malpractices.
jn 弊 端 uKilpractices.
chuwg 重 to give weight to ； to secure respect for.
kno 國 課 the Imperial revenue.
to 課 taxes ； revenue.
M 亟 promptly ； quickly.
rh^u 出 示曉諭 to issue a proclamation.
wei 爲 此 on this account ； therefore.
shih 示仰 to issue a proclamation with, a view to
ko 各 路 at all places ； in all directions.
rhih 知 悉 to be thoroughly aware of.
hsi 悉 to know.
tza 自 之後 f 醒 after
iz'fc 此 次 this time.
Ju 覆 again ； to and fro. [P. 75.]
chi 訖 to finish ； after a verb, a sign of the past tense,
like kuo 過，
Wt'o 截 to stamp ； a stamp.
截記 to affix a seal.
chi 記 to remember ； to record ； a mark ； a sign ； a seal.
ch'i 起 卸 to discharge goods.
ssH 私 自 clandestinely and on one's own authority ；
privately.
t'i 提 關 to seud to the Custom House (as an oftemler
for exiimination).
ch'a 查究 to examine ； to try.
chin 究 to examine ； to try.
fs'nufj 從 to follow ； to be attached to ； liable.
從重 18 罰 liable to be severely pimished.
pu 不 稍 not in the least.
不 稍寬貸 not the slightest leniency will be
shown.
Jc'nan 寬 broad ； forgiving ； leniency.
寬 貸 to let off leniently ； to remit punishment ；
to show leniency.
(fti 貸 to lend on interest ； to give ； to relea.se ； t(> let oft'.
i 宜 must.
lin 德 to tremble.
德蓬 to obey strictly.
龍 毋 違特示 a special order not to he oHendeti
against ； a proclamation to be obeyed strictly.
Document No. 41.
Men 建 to establish ； to build.
建築 to build.
dm 築 to build.
chuan 專 specially.
tt'ng 登 to ascend.
登舟 to get on board ship ； to embark.
chou ^ a boat.
hsinff 行走 to walk ； pedestrians.
tsou 走 to walk.
chi 尉 to take into account.
土 妓 a local prostitute.
chi 妓 a prostitute.
yu 游 to wander about ； wandering ； to travel.
ch'ang 娼 a singing woman ； :i prostitute.
hun 混雜 to mix together.
TEXT BOOK OF
塗 iiiiiil ： dirty ; to Ix'Mineiu-.
塗朱煤 粉 t" l>osiuear one's fuce with cosmetics ；
lit |iiitut Ucvti with rouge Mid chidk.
朱
VtTiiiiliun ； rmijit*.
t" rub on ； to besmear.
/■»
粉
Hour ； powder ； cosmetics in powders.
vhtto
招
to btvkon ； to call.
搖 to ontice by showing oneself off.
i/tto
m
to >lmke ； to wave to unU t'ru.
Jiih
實
m it rt'ally is.
屬
t" "e.
tun
晚
the giiU ； coumge ； bold.
|| 玩 to play a bold game ； to triHe with the law
in H cheeky iiuuiner.
玩 tritles ； to trifle; to play with.
i 巳極 tu the utmost ； extremely.
rhi 極 extremely ； the utmost point.
W,4 現經 hiw ; have ； also a sign of the perfect tense.
.'/'" 嚴 .strict.
jgg 拿 to seize strictly ； to arrest.
,cu 無 5t 之輩 shameless people.
rh'ih Jfj^ to be ashamed.
jK i 輩 ^eueratioii ； kind ； people ； when appended to
a iiuun, expres,-iin<i plurality, e.g., wo pei 我 輩,
l>eople of luy kind, i.", we.
ixin 敦 to dare; to venture.
/" 複 to send.
§ 縣 to Hend to the district inagistnite (as a
"iiiiiiml for punishment).
chung 重 究 to imtuire into strictly ； to deal severely
I with an oH'eiuler).
重究不 15 t。 be severely dealt with (as an
otlemk'r;.
pu 不贷 without leniency ； strictly.
Document No. 42.
ytn 嚴 隼偷漏 [to huve authority for] arresting
iliifVf> aiitl MiiLij^glers.
i'au 偷 to steal ； to pilfer.
偷 漏 thieves and sMni"'"'lers.
lou 漏 to U'lik ； tit evade [payment of duty]; to smuggle.
chin 禁 止透越 to restrict evasion of the law.
jao 達 to wind around ； to make ii d^toitr.
逸越 to evade the law.
ijiuJi 越 to exceed ； to trioisgress.
ku 故 (in purpose.
敌 逸 to wilfully otfend against the law.
tz'il 詞 a rhyme; a rythmical sentence ； tales; empty
phrases.
hsiatig 相 同 identical ； the same.
Document No. 43. LP- 76]
rh'i 啓 to inform ； a notice.
啟者 ：i coimnunication; an opening; phrase in
letters : " you are hereby informed that;" "I be^^
to inform you."
chau 梭 ； I warehouse ； a godown.
梭房 a warehouse ； a godown.
j/o 拍 to beat ； to slap a table ； to bid.
拍 賣 to .sell by auction.
kuei 貴 esteemed ； " you," or that which pertains to the
person addressed.
賁 客 esteemed mercliants ； "you" (when luldies-
sin;4 merchants).
貴 國 your country.
貴 恙 your disease.
chieh 屆 時 :it the time tixecl for.
mun 面 the face ； persouaily ； in person ； verbally.
面 拍 to bid at. an auction.
fsai ^ 者 further ； besides.
niai 買 貨之人 purcliasers (of goods).
cho 0'j 帶銀 洋若干 to carry with oueself an
uiitoimt of dolliirs sufficient for intended pureliases.
yin 銀 洋 foreign coins ； Mexican dollars.
2)'o 拍 定 to settle a purchase at auction,
i hiao 付 lo hand (as pajiuent).
/" 付 to give ； to deliver to.
i 以 because ； on account of.
chieh 借 t'、 lend ； to borrow ； to make a pretext of.
借 1^ to make a pretest of sopMstical arguments.
f 'ni 推 to shirk responsibility ； to refuse.
推 I 委 to retract what one had agreed to ； to shirk
responsibility ； to back out.
I'^ci 護 to shirk one's duty ； to back out.
t'hih 至 very ； extremely.
至 鶴至鶴 very urgent to tell you ； be careful
not to overlook.
chu 赐 to enjoin upon.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
39
fz'it
pu
此 佈 this is a public notice ； for general informa-
tion,
佈 to exteml ； a public notice.
chill
rhih
ai
Document No. 44.
shan
yen
o
p
liii
••fi 11 }i ft
中 外 Chinese and foreign.
雲 a cloud.
chi
雲 集 to assemble in great nuiiiber.s.
pu
集 to collect ； to assemble.
chit
■SO
所 ii place.
li
.sK I
隨 意 as one thinks fit ； according to pleasure.
loci
HUDl
漫 reckless ； vague.
tsdi
$ 並 to run against ； to collide.
%
5 並 擅 to collide ； collision.
bit/if
i-Il Hfl ti ft
to rush aj^Minst ； to collide.
chiavff
shang
商 定 to decide upon.
chi
timg
東北首 towards the north-east.
chien.
.thou
首 a head ； a direction towards which a thing lies.
huaufj
Jc^ao
靠 to lean against ； by the side of.
hu
fza
滋 大 name of a firm in Chefoo, Messrs. Fergus-
son & Co.
iiei
■shu
pu
內她 商船 native merchant vessels ； merchant
junks.
； K5 so that.
不致 so as not to ； so that there may not be ； the
opposite of chih 致 or i '—'h ； h 致， so that.
diao
照 會 an official couimuuication ； a despatch ； to
address in :i despatch.
til
hni
會 to communicate with.
"^照 to take official notice ； for official inforraa-
ho
rki
tion.
合 亟 promptly ； (My.
亟 haste ； prompt ； urgent.
chin
tHen
務 must. 4
tinfj
.'/"
狎 to seal ； a seal ； in copies of documents, repre-
senting the place where the seal appears in the
original : " L.S."
cho
shui
mim
Document No. 45. [p. 77]
fa
壓截沙 土石塊 Italkist of sand, nnul, and
stones.
chHu
抛 挪 to throw down.
ta
挪 to throw down.
致 so as to. See 不 致， Document No. 44, p. 76.
礙 to cause difficulties to.
杉 a kind of pine.
杉板 a saiiipiiii ； a cargo-boat.
堆 a heap ； to heap up.
堆 積 to heap up.
積 to collect.
不 to ilisoljey ； to cli.sregarU.
築立 to build ； to erect.
立 to erect.
末 便 inconvenient.
再 stm ； again; farther.
議定 to decide.
設 立 to erect ； to establish.
江 ( = 江 蘇) the province of Kiangsu.
浙 (=浙 江) the province of Chekiang.
建 ( = 福 建) the province of Fukien.
廣 ( = 廣 東) the province of Kwangtun"'.
湖 ( = 湖 廣) the provinces of Hupei :imi Hunan
( = Hukiiaiig).
衛 the country of "Wei, an ancient feudal state coiu-
pi'isin 乂 purts of Honan and Chihli ； here standing
tVtr " Tientsin."
§1 ^ Kuantung, or IVIancliuria.
住 a post ； an office ； relying on.
任意 as one thinks fit ； arbitrarily.
― 律 uniformly ； all.
律 laws ； statutes.
Document No. 46. [p. 78]
謹 respectfully ； carefully.
天 ？^. 條 約 the Treaty of Tientsin ； here the
Briti.sh Treaty concluded in A.D. 1S58.
訂 to settle terms.
酌 議 to consult about.
稅 貝 Ij the Customs tariff,
面 爲商定 t'〕 consult in person.
大 '淸 the (！' h'ing dynasty now ruling in Cliina ； the
( 'hinese Empire ； Imperial Chinese.
欽 差 sent by the Emperor ； an Imperial Ambas-
sador.
夭臣 a Minister of State.
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TEXT BOOK OF
, i,. n 臣 ;i niiiiistor.
h*utj 3K ISl 大 士 one of the lour (Chinese Grand
SeiToiuries May Ens' "The Chinese Govern-
ment," No. 135).
大翠士 a Gniml Secretjiry.
cht'mj 正白旗 one <»f the ei;;ht Iwmners of Imperial
Um'p. 、； the *' IMtdu White Biiniier."
洲 ( iii'tu-chou ) Mune-hii ； Manchunau.
'»* 都統" lieuteniint-genenvL
h^iny 刑 ptintshinent ； to punish.
刑 部 tlu' Board of Punishments.
•*h ih 事 務 Inisiaess matters ； affairs.
，'i"i"j 經 a classic; classical books.
經 筵 the linll of classics ； the hall where the
Eiii|H'ror meets aciideimcians.
經筵 講官 an Imperial expositor of the Clui^sics.
ijcn 筵 ：i mat ； a diuing-hall.
rhianff 講 to converse ； to expound (as the Classics),
講官 an Imperial expositor of the Classics.
ti 吏 a "mj^istmte; a Government officer.
吏 部 the Board of Civil Office.
■■<liamj 尙 yet ； still ； to control.
尙 書 tlic President of :i Board ； a Minister of
State.
ftsimig 録 bordered (as :i banner).
餘藍旗 i、m' of the eii/ht banners of Imperial
troops ； the "Bordered Blue Banner."
/"r" 漢 軍 the Chinese portion of tlie army called
banner troops.
〃'！ 稽 to examine into.
稽 察 to examine.
rA'« 察 to examime.
7m" 會 同 to meet to;;ether ； conjointly.
會同 四譯館 an office under the Board of
Cereinonios ； au office where meetings of Foreign
Envoys take place {{) ； "residence for Tributary
Envoys " (see Maykrs' " The Chinese Govern-
ment," No. 179).
i 障 to translate ； to interpret ； an interpreter.
f'ni 太 large,
^fc 子 the Imperial Prince ； heir to the throne.
太 子少保
:i jiitiior ^lanlian of the Imperial
Prince.
«A"o 少 little; young ； junior (as opposed to ^ "太,
senior).
保 to protect ； a ward ； a guardian.
tu
chiany
ting
tai
wn
ch^imj
chiin
hsitig
yUan
king
ta
shih
hsi
chiln
po
chiieh
vliio
chu
chou
kuan
ckHu
km
kuan
兵 部 tiie Koard of War.
都 察院； t censor.
都 ttll 史 a President of the Censorate.
江 南 (i'hiang-nan) the province of Kiangnan,
cimsistint^ of the two provinces of Anhwci and
Kiangsu, each under a Governor, the two beinjr
untler the control of the Goveruor-General of
il W (^ hiany-hd) the province of Kiaiigsi.
頂 an oIHuinl button ； the top of auythiiig.
頂 戴 t() wear a button ； the wearer of a button.
戴 tu woiir on the head.
武 militiiiy.
武 ffi 院 the Imperial Armoury.
卿 ：i iligiiitary ； the dh'ector of one of the minor
courts in the luiperial household {see Maykrs'
" The Chinese Government," No. 232).
軍機處 the Grand Council {see Mayers' " Tht-
Oliiiiese Government," No. 133).
行 走 to act in another function in iiddition to
one's own duties ； to officiate.
員 外 郞 Second Class Secretary of a Board {see
Mayeiiw' The Chinese Government," No. 164).
郞 ;t ten 11 of respect for officers and persons.
大 英 Great Britain ； British.
世 a generation ； an age.
世襲 ii hereditary nobleman ； an earl.
襲 to inherit ； hereditary.
郡 a priucipality ； au earldom.
伯 au earl.
伯 爵 "11 ead.
霄 ； I rank of nobility.
逐 to take up in order one hj one.
逐 欽 by paragraphs ； each considered hj itself.
周 to provide for.
周 備 well prepared ； well aminged.
官 民 the officials and the people.
民 the people (not being officials or soldiers).
' ' 同 the same as ； uniformly.
邁 守 to observe ； to be guided by.
親 :i relative ； self, in person.
親 擎 with one\s own hand (as to sign a document).
蓋 用關防 to affix one's official seal.
關 防 ：m official seal.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE. 41
i 昭信實 in order to manifest authenticity ；
" in witness thereof."
hsiu 信 實 authenticity.
hsiu 新 定 lu'wly fixed ； lately settled upon.
funq 通 商章程 the Trade Regulations appended to
the Tarirt".
skau 善 u;oo(l ； to make good.
善後 to make good what comes after ； to make
rules supplementary to a set of rules originally not
complete.
善 後條約 the Supplementary Kiiles appended
to tlu' Tarili"; the " Tiu'itf Rules " or " Trade
Re;^uliitions."
chin 僅 only.
leal 胺 to give ； uncommon ； rare. [p. 79]
PJ": 載 to be given ； to be contained in (as in a
book or in a document) ； written down.
ho 核估 tn estimate ； to assess.
核 估特價 to calculate the market value of an
article.
shih 時 價 the market value.
chao 照 値 百抽五 例 according to the five per cent.
aif vdJortiii principle.
chih 値 百柚五 to value at a hundred and levy five,
i.e., to chiirge a five per cent, ad valorem duty.
chciKf 征 稅 to levy duty.
m
錢 coins.
su
粟
maize ； Indian corn.
粟
米 粉 Indian meal.
aha
砂
穀 米 sago.
mien
麵
餅 cakes ； biscuits.
sho u
熟
ripe ； cooked ； preserved.
熟
肉 preserved meats.
肉
meat.
shou
熟
菜 preserved vegetables.
nui 牛 Jjj 穌 cheese.
iiai 奶 milk.
sn 穌 curd ； cheese.
7iiu 牛 fffi butter ； also, animal tallow,
shon 首 fijj liend ornaments ； jewellery.
shih 飾 onmnients ； to ornament ； to paint.
ch'au 揚 mix: (as good lueUil with an inferior metal).
it M 器 plated Wiire.
hsianfj 香 水 fras^rant water ； perfumery.
$ 或 兼'' 1 '縑） soap.
t'aii 炭 charcoal.
ch*ai 柴 firewood.
柴 薪 tinnvood.
！ 獵燭 candles.
chn a LiiniUe.
cMa 家 用雜物 household stores.
ch'nan 船 用雜物 ship's stores.
chih 紙 張 paper. Cf. ssfi 絲 斤， Document No. i8,
p. 28.
紙 張 筆 墨 stationery.
pi 筆 :i pen ； ； I pencil.
鶴 黑 ink (ill cakes).
chan 籠 錢 carpeting and druggeting,
"dn 缝 rugs ； druggets.
hsiu 輸 to embroider; embroideries.
'儘 貨 "？ （Ze tapisserie,
t'leh 鐡 刀利器 cmtlery.
tct-o 刀 ;l knife ； knives.
li 利 sharp ； edged,
利 器 edged tools ； knives ； cutlery.
tzfi 自 用 for own use.
yao 藥 料 medicines.
P'o 玻 璃器皿 glassware.
tain 皿 vessels (as cups, etc.)
wu 毋 庸 need not ； not necessary to,
毋庸議 ueed not take into account ； to except.
sui 虽隹 although (the "yet" following may be expressed
by ijih 亦， jari 然, or irh 而).
ch'im 前 the before-mentioned.
nei 內 地 native, as " native opium " (cf. Document
No. 13, p. 14) or " native salt."
fan 販運 to traffic in (goods).
sua7i 算 to calculate.
ck'inff 輕 light.
輕 重 weit;ht.
chanff 長 短 length.
cM 卽 係 that is ； namely ； is equal to.
fm 分 to divide ； used to denote a fraction, e.g., 二 分
之 ―， one third.
i 以 爲準 to consider as a standard.
yin 因 制 (in imitation of the English sound "inch")
an inch ； inches.
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ma 碼 a yurd ； yards.
rViVii 欠 to owe ； to he short of; to deduct ； less.
i 以] It 側 this is to bo rejjrarded as the rule.
ton 直 石 i'ulse. Cf. ssil 絲 斤， Docuj)»ent No. i8»
p. 28. LP- 80]
hiao {H* s:iltpetre.
1^ siiUpetre ； sulphur and brimstone.
hiinui^ 橫 sulphur.
ff' ;h 止 to stop ； only. '
chih 敏 only ； but.
hu 護送 to accompany.
yi"fj 英 民 British subjects.
€h*ih 持 113 provided with a passport.
，"' 無 涉 to have nothing to do with.
she 涉 to concern ； to be connected with.
ju 如 何 ia what manner ； the munner in which.
如 何 征 ^ the manner in which duties are levied;
tlu' mode of levying duties.
Vin{/ 聽憑 to depend on ； will depend on.
hxin 修 改 to amend ； to revise.
修改 稅艮' J to revise a Customs tariff.
jing 仍 ；,— n; then. Cf. chi ||]> Document No. 21,
V- 46.
fiiPff 同 商 a mercantile friend ； a fellow merchant.
Urn 聯 2 to sign conjointly (as a surety).
i 抑 flse ； or,
抑或 or else.
ck*ih 餘令 to order.
hio 過 期 to exceed a limit
ch'ien 錢 貨 copper cash as cargo.
yiian 原 本 original ； the original value.
pu 不拘 no matter whether.
net 內外 土產 iiiitive or foreign produce.
t'u 土 產 produce.
t'ung 通 商 別 口 another Treaty port
chao 照 依 accordin*,' to.
i 依 to rely on ； as ； according to.
niu 牛 莊 Ncwchwung.
ting 登 州 Tt n^'-cliow-fu.
chiin 軍 前 要 物 munitions of war.
kna 華 官 Chinese officials ； native authorities,
ts'ai 採 • to l)uy.
f(e' 特 奉准賈 to 1)6 licensed for the purdiase [of
exceptional goods].
ming 明 文 an unniistakalile written passage ； a stipula-
tion in writing ； there being a written under-
stamlLng about.
ch'a 査 明 to inspect (as a document).
ti7i{f 定 it is agreed that ； it shall be the rule that.
fa 體 單起貨 to issue a permit to laud.
7iei 內 港 ports in the interior ； ports not open to
tnidt' ； inland waters.
tai 開 媳 to open hatches. [p. 81]
t*a- 他 往 to proceed to another place.
tsung 總 ；, 11.
shih 聘 刻 time.
ck'i 起 算 t(.) commence reckoning (as from a given
time).
i 以免參 差爭論 in order to prevent nii^iunder-
sUmdiiig.
ts'an 參 mixed ； confused.
參 差 incongruous ； to disagree.
參 差爭諭 to disagree and quarrel.
chcnr/ 爭 to quarrel.
爭論 to quarrel ； to discuss.
('hi 旣 siuce.
pieu 便商 to accommodate merchants ； to show due
consideration to the convenience of trade.
/cent/ 更 still more ； moreover ； again.
更 不 still less ； much less.
yu 有 礙收稅 to interfere with the collection of the
reveiiu"'.
― 本 羼商民 the merchants under one's jurisdiction.
i 議 （= 義 or 文義） the meaning of a passage.
i —半 爲斷 to divide into two halves.
tuan 斷 to break ； "under.
斷 半 to halve a thing.
yuan 緣 cause ； origin ； circumstances.
緣 由 circuiustiinces ； particulars.
確 t'，.
確 實 the true facts ； no mistake.
Sling 送 to accompany.
送貨之 A the person accompanyiug goods ； u
superciirfi;o.
h'ai 開單 to iii;ike out a bill, a memorandum, etc.
lu 路上 on the road.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
43
ff^y i 最 後子口 the last barrier ； the barrier nearest
； I Treaty port.
hsil 許 to allow ； to be allowed.
yen 沿 途 禾 /fc 竇 to sell clandestinely on Uu' road ； un-
nuth'trisetl sale (of goods) in transitu.
shih 實 據 documentary proof. [p. 82]
•loan 完 淸 to p.iy the full amount.
t-hih 始 then first ； not till then.
i 以 杜隱漏 ill order to prevent evnding (as pay-
iiu'iit of iluties).
tn 杜 to stop ； to prevent.
yiii 隱 dark ； to avoid ； to conceal.
隱 漏 to avoid, to evade (as payment of duties).
ruing Hjj H 析 c] curly.
hsi 晰 clear ； to distinguish.
hsiao 曉 布 to make known by proclamation,
t'vwj 通 悉 to make generally known ； to inform by cir-
ca lav or proclamation.
i —節 all ； equally.
i 議 it is ； i!j;reed that.
c/nn{f 京 都 the cnpitnl : Peking, as the capital of China
(:il、o, the city of Kioto in Japan).
hsiantj 向 例 according to the rule hitherto in force.
dvuifj 傾 to :iss;iy ； to smelt.
傾! 容之費 expenses of melting ； meltage fees.
jniiff to iu.se metals.
ts'ai 裁 to cut (:is clothes).
裁 撒 to cut away ； to do away with,
r/t'c 撒 to remove ； to take away.
yt 'i 嚴防 偷漏 to protect the revenue ； to prevent
j(tH 然 yet ； however.
i 議明 to agree upon.
h) 各 口 the ports ； the Treaty ports.
sh ih 是 this means that ； the above amounts to this,
that, etc.
shih 事 宜 tlint which properly pertains to the business
■ •i" ； affairs ； matters.
/ 宜 that which is proper ； that which must neces-
sarily be done in connexion with.
fh'i'i 親 詣 to go in person.
^ 詣 to go to.
hsiln 巡歴 to inspect (a district, a port).
%oei 委 員代辦 to depute an officer as one's agent.
jc'n 住 to bear ； to sustain.
jtiit fi 憑 allowed to depend on ； it is in the t'lvv will
of
y("' 邀 to invite.
邀 請 to invite ； to engage for service.
嚴 査漏稅 to protect the revenue ； to prevent
/m" 判 to divide ； to decide.
判 定口界 to define the port limits.
fen 分 respectively. Before a verb it means that the
action of the verb is to be applied at (iilierent
places, to different objects, etc., respectively ；
similarly before nouns, e.g., 二 分 文， i.e., " the
tlireo versions respectively."
Juio
aSu tUS lijintship.
Va
塔 表 a light tower.
piao
表 to 1 1 lake known ； a guide ； a signal ； ； i 、v;itHi.
wang
望樓； I beacon.
lou
樓 an upper story ； a tower.
chih
Zpn It= f /"^ l^Al T*l T rWlT o Tl t*OOf\，、l*、，OrK】 • c I1 f rriLy^ ti
3 日 /iSgi "J |JUlUlj ULIL (.tllU. I cCUUilllcllU f LU .SUgutSt tl
nomination.
chien
萬 to recommend.
"J* to meddle with.
po
撥 用 to appropriate (as funds).
通商後 ：iftei、 the opening up of trade.
c/t'ct
祭看 to examme.
she
& 法壽辦 to adopt measures for.
chou
藝 to calculate.
籌辦 to arrange.
Document No. 47. [p. 83]
clmng
鐘 a clock ； a bell.
鐘 表 clocks and "watches. .
chiang
匠 a mechanic.
匠人 a workman ； a manufacturer (as a watch-
maker, etc.)
hanfj
行 名 the name of a fu'in.
i
備稽査 in order to provide for examination ；
for future identification (said of docuuieuts con-
taining particulars as to goods, and tiled in
archives) ； for future reference.
壓印截 t£ to impress a seal or mark.
ch'uo
戮記 an official seaL
chi
記 a seal (of a private person or a petty official) ；
a chop.
fso
作 爲 to consider as.
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Unnij 從重治 罪 to be severely punished.
ehih 治 lo ri'milato ； to punish.
治 罪 to try and punish an offender.
ck*(ng 懲辦 to try and punish an offcn'ler.
h、ti 回 B to return, or to he sent back, to one's
country.
cM 給以存 粟 t。 ^int drawback. Cf. i 以' Docu-
inont No. 29, p. 58.
給 i!! 免 S& to grant nn exemption certificate.
挂號 to provide with a number ； to register.
"*WH 存行 to keep in one's hon"' or store for sale).
fa 疲 齊 to sell ； to expose for sale.
1 —經 査出 as soon as discovered ； wlion caught
'； IS in an illegal act).
irrt 逮 to break the regulations.
Uuiig 總 fSy a general nile.
rA*a 资獲 to seize (as smuggled goo^ls).
X 以 細報祖 to declare a superior a.s an inferior
quality ； false declaration of quality. Of. i 以，
Docuniont No. 29, p. 58.
以貴價 報賤慣 to declare :i lower :is the
r，';il vnlno ： false decliinition of value.
tttti 隨 事酌情 to decide according to circumstances.
tai 開頃 to declare the value (of an article).
-h'm 收買 to take over on sale; to buy from :inother.
lo 各 行 the shops (of a place) ； the firms.
tza Q of course.
l*ai 問歹! J 淸單 to enter in a list ； to make n list of.
i 已滿 Will"' full ； having expired (as a limit of
tinif).
sui 隨 fljf in future ； hereafter.
Document No. 48.
cha 答 ij a despatch from :i superior to on inferior.
答 ij 行 to address a despatch to an inferinv.
jun 関 intercalary.
閣十月 the tenth intercalary niontli.
shin 申 t'> report.
申 稱 to report (to ii superior).
ch^ieh 竊査 it is my humble opinion that.
ch*(w 鈔 課 tonnage dues.
！/ w"^ 允 協 harmonious ； perfect ； effective.
ch'i 其 間 niiioiifrst them.
ying 應 徵 liable to payment of duty.
應 免 to be exempted (from duty) ； free.
fei not; the opposite of shih (是 )•
非 但 亦 m't only but also
t'ien 添 to IP- 84]
ch(i 齊 楚 to arrange well ； to systematise.
ch'ieh 且 moreover,
yin 因 制宜 to take the necessary steps, as circum-
st; I net's may re, 丄 uire.
因 時 on account of the time ； at the proper time.
chih -^J t o 111 like.
制 宜 to do what is proper.
hsiu 修 铺 to amend.
wm 文 件 despatches ； documents.
i 以 致 so that ； so as to.
ch'ung 重 | 复 again ； repeated.
fu 複 to double.
fen 粉 to mix ； to confuse,
粉 雜 mixed ； confused.
i 擬議 to decide ； decision.
pu 不 一 not the same; different ； more than one;
several.
shih 勢 power ； condition.
shan 善 後 條 欽 the Kules appended to the Tariff.
hsiayig 詳 加 核 對 to compare carefully.
pi Jt 較 to compare.
tsung 綜 to hold the threads (in weaving) ； to collect.
1^ 紛緒 to collect the confused threads of :t
texture ； to arrange in order.
fin 紛 confused ； ill-assorted.
hsil 緒 :i thread ； a clue.
tso 作 成 to make ready ； to complete.
hui 暴 to sort ； to classify.
囊 訂 to arriiDge ； to classify.
ting 訂 to iu'range ； to adjust.
fan 煩 to trouble ； please ； I shall be obliged if you
will.
ho 核奪 to exaiuine and decide.
to 奪 to criticise ； to settle.
chuan 轉 to transmit.
轉 筋 to aive instrnctioDS for transmission (to
subuidinates).
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i 以 免粉歧 in order to avoid divergency (in
acting).
fh'i 歧 clivertjing ； discrepancy.
knei 歸畫一 to make uniform ； to obtain uniformity.
shang 尙 属 it might be ； I daresay it is,
ffeoH 周 妥 quite correct.
tai 開 明 to write out clearly.
tz*it 咨 行 to address in a despatch.
iian 南 北洋通 商大臣 the High Commissioners
of Xortliern and Southern Trade.
ko 各 國大臣 the Treaty Power Ministers.
hsiang 相 應 duly.
clman 轉 行 遵 照 辦 理 to transmit for the
^■uid;ince of
cMnr/ 徵免船 鈔章程 the Tonnage Dues Regula-
tions.
chcng 正 exactly ； only. After figures, cf. Document
No. 2, p. 2.
/ft 拉司 (in imitation of the English sound "last")
;i last (English weight or measure).
i 以 爲 準 to take as a standard.
f'ai 泰 "Teat. -
泰 西 the great West; Western (as in "the
Western calendar ").
h) 噴 拉 (lo-la) the city of Galatz.
li 立 to erect ； to draft ； to set up.
ho 核 算淸單 a table for calculation or conversion.
shcnf/ 乘 to av;iil oneself ； to multiply.
乘以一 百 to multiply by loo.
ch'n 除 to subtract ； to divide.
除以 一百 to divide by loo.
yii 與 同 the same as ； equal to.
t'n 土耳國 (tu-a-h-hno) Turkey; Turkish, [p. 85]
p"- 布國 ( = 布路期 pu-lu-ssH) Prussia ； Prussian.
po 伯 晶 們 (jw-lei-mai) the city of Bremen.
hsi 希 國 Greece ； Greek.
ang 昂布爾 f ang-pu4rh) the city of Hamburg.
han 漢諾威 (han-no-ioeij Hanover; Hanoverian.
lu 律 伯 克 (Ikfo-k'o) the city of Liibeck.
mo 模 布爾額 ( mo-ling-pu-erh-ngo ) Mecklenburg.
no 挪 爾爲國 ( no-crk-wei-kuo) Norway. Cf. Do-
cument No. 19, p. 32. [p. 86]
a 阿爾富 5 [布 爾額 (a-crh-Hn-'piUrh-noo) Olden-
burg.
ho 合―國 the United Principalities.
M 基 羅 (iu imitation of the sound "kilo.") ft kilo-
p'ai 稱 拉 (pUn-hi) the city of Braila.
jui 瑞 國 （=瑞11 典 Sweden ； Swedish. Cf.
Ducunient No. 19, p. 32.
shu 輸 納 to ]>!iy (lis (lutios).
ni 呢 JIS 來業 jjiM 期克 （ '^i-^*^^o-lai'yek-fu'8sit-to)
iSiuolaiev.sk.
to 度 to calculate.
度量 to measure (as a vessel).
liang 量 to measure.
量 船執照 ； I certificate of measurement.
tz'U jj^ 等 of this class ； i.e., such.
cMng 征 鈔 to levy tonnage dues.
i 以畫一 辦理 to treat :i matter in a nniform
manner.
shih 試 辦再議 to work by way of experiment and
then (.leoide, i.e., experiiuental and open to revision
(as a regulation) ； provisional.
tHng 艇 a boat.
shu 書 信 letters.
shih 食 物 eatables ； articles of provision.
li 例不納 稅之物 articles not subject to duty.
例應完 稅之貨 merchandise .sultject to duty.
i 一次 oiK-e.
t"a 他 國 other coimtries ； foreign countries. [p. 87]
ta> 搭 to engage (as a ship or a pnssMge).
搭 客 passengers.
hsiang 向 常 accord in^^ to the routine hitlu-rto observed ；
in the ordinary way ； ordinarily.
yil 遇 之 時 at the time when ； when the time
for has arrived.
chill only.
hung 公司 a puhlic company ； a mail .ste:uiier company.
公 司輸船 a mail steamer.
mou 某國 a certain country ； some foreign country.
H 立 定合同 to fix by contract.
ho 合同 to make a. contract.
sh& 設 if ； to arrange for.
設 傳文信 to arrnnge for the transmission of
official documents and private letters ； U> under-
take tlie forwarding of correspondence.
cWttan 傳 to frinratrl (as letters).
an 按 期定數 at regular (fixed) dates.
chih 指定 to destine for (as a certificate for a certain
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ymi"
liny
Wo
thOH
to
c/r./
cA("
tstin
tsi
； m
chih
k'an
ts*nn
k'ung
thou
shao
綠 In-caiUiO.
時 sometimes ； nt nny time.
抵 t'l act as ； to perform the service of.
抵充 to uet as ； to perform the service of.
另項 tiiHVrcnt kind of ； other.
額 n fixed number.
狡船狭 a fixed number of vessels.
不 在此例 not covered by this rule.
收 CI 4X 避 to seek shelter in a port.
躲 to hitle away ； to escape from.
躲避 to seek shelter ； to escape from.
避 to floe from ； to escape.
行 l^t 知 照 to inform officially.
末 the end.
末 後 lit the end; the last.
出口 £^ a port clearance.
査閱 to examine (as a document) ； to peruse.
資稽査 for examination ； for inspection.
連守 to observe (as regulations).
擇 t«> select ； to choose.
擇訂 to assign (as a berth to a ship).
停 泊處所 a place for anchoring; a berth.
不 致 so as not to ； so that there may not be.
日 行事宜 the daily business.
有所 宣碍 there are difficulties ； to be fraught
with (litficulties.
宣 to impede ； to hamper,
窒 碍 difficulties.
看守 to watch (a ship) ； a watcher ； a tidewaiter.
扣除 核赏 to deduct in calculating (as the
nuinher of d;iys spent in repair in calculating
U'rm of tonnage dues certificates).
存楼 to store goods in a godown.
空船； m empty vessel ； a vessel in ballast.
收口 to enter port (as for shelter).
燒 to burn. [p. 88]
燒 完 burnt off; consumed and finished (as coal
on board a steamer).
行 to go again ； to continue a journey (after
having put into a port).
牌 a board ； a certificate (especially a ship's re-
gister).
煤 the space allowed for coal on board a steamer ；
coal bunkers.
Jiei 內 輪器具 the engines (on board a steamer).
ht 傷 用 to hire ； to charter (as ii vessel).
ch*uan. 船 料 port' dues (paid by Chinese junks at native
Custom Houses).
rnci 每逢 四個月 every four niontlis.
yu 有 別 to be dirterent from.
Document No. 49.
引 水章程 the Pilotage Regulations.
專 條 special rules.
各 口分章 local rules (at the various ports).
分 章 lirunch rules ； local rules.
定 擬 to decide upon (as upon rules).
準 情 酌 理 to consider the cirtiumstances of.
I 約 與 til consult with ； to agree upon n matter with.
通 商 總 局 a Chamber of Commerce.
口 外引費 pilotage fees ； pilotage cluirges.
寬 to extend. [p. 89]
招 募 to enlist ； to engage.
募 to invite ； to enlist.
有條糸 5 各國 the Treaty Powers.
良 peDple ； sulijects.
支 引 水 to perform the duties of a pilot ； to be
eli^iiWu ； ts :i pilot.
支 當 to fill the duties of an office ； tn be eligible
lor an otiice.
遇 有缺出 when a vacancy occurs.
缺 a vacancy.
缺出 a vacancy occurring (as from resignation).
者 to examine.
者選局 a board of examination.
選 to choose ； to select.
據 to choose.
操選 to select.
ch'unrj 充 铺 to fill a vacancy.
y^^^ )- 約同 to consult with
tso 作 to make ； to do ； gives a verb active force, e.g.,
in the sentence 可 者 選之人 "-， "the
persons who may examine, or may be iii embers of
the Board of Examiiuition," tso (作) bus the effect
of preventing the sentence being misconstrued as
" the persons who may be examined, or may be
admitted to examination."
ckv4xn
ho
fen
ting
chun
yileh
yo
k^nan
chao
mn
yu
ch'Ueh
Jc'ao
hsilan
chicn
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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？ 預" ^錄？ 3^ 0 prepare and publish a list,
i 以資 in order to afford ； by means of
which one may
hi 錄 ； I record ； to record.
fhicii 簽 to draw a lot.
簽掣 to select by lot.
chHh 擎 to select ； to draw a lot.
tung 董 to tuanagc.
董 事 a senior in a firm ； a manager.
V" 引 水 董事 a senior pilot.
慎 careful; to be careful.
/)""；/ 榜 a list of graduates.
榜 不 to issue a public notice.
hui 會 齊者試 a competitive examination,
t'tio 考 試 to examine.
2" 備考者 one who prepares for exaiuinalion ； a
candidate for exammation.
t^ang 慌 (used for tang 倘) if.
yin 因事故 而乐革 to be dismissed from office for
some reason or other.
chHh 乐 to expel.
斥革 to deprive of rank ； to dismiss ； to withdraw
the license of a pilot.
人 '0 革 to deprive of rank and office ； to dismiss from
office.
chieh 結 to give ji bond for ； to guarantee.
kitctn 官結 to be guaranteed by the authorities ； to
poissess a certificate of character issued by a public
office.
濫 to encroach ； to intrude.
濫 磨赴考 to liecome a candidate for examina-
tion without the necessary qualification,
膺 to uDclertake.
fu 赴考 to proceed to an exammation.
備 試 to prepare for examination.
^ttei 親 rule ； usage ； custom ； customary.
親 費 customary fees ； gratuities.
ho 合衆 all present ； public ( as a public examina-
tiun).
ping 秉 to uphold (as a principle).
秉 公 upholding justice ； impartially.
ts^ 擇 to select.
yu 優 to excel ； excellent ； competent.
ju 入選 to receive an appointment.
shih 使 if ； supposing that ； in the event of.
M 實 在 really.
本 pK (—"-shih 本事) able ； competent.
窗 to prefer ； it is better to than (in which
case than is expressed by u negation, as in " better
die ami not be disji^niced," which means " it is
better to die than be disgmccd ").
窗 死不暴 i"s better to die thmi be disgraced.
甯缺而 毋用 it b better to keep a vacancy
npoM than to use (a bad man).
^ 以 免貽誤 to avoid the occurrence of errorci.
^ P 、台 to brin^ on ； to cause.
m person.
ts'wig 從 to follow.
從 旁 to be present at.
cAim 監 同 t,(> take part in the superintendence of.
在 事 to do service as ； to be on duty ； on service.
在事者 the nieuiWrs of a service, or of un office;
connected with business.
s】i 仏 事 權 authority ； power.
hs'dan 選 中 to choose ； to select.
yil 與 and ； or.
與 否 wliellier or not.
"'憶 fJ 從 衆爲定 the [absolute] majority decides.
Ml 執已見 to stick to one's own view.
c】"' 已 見 one's own view.
c/iie" 見 to be of opinion ； to maintain ； the view one takes
of a I natt er.
定 評 to decide ； to have a casting vote if votes
are divided.
P'ing 評 to discuss.
chih 執 ^ a license (； is a pilot's). [p. 90 |
yin 弓 I 水字據 a pilot's license.
i^-il 字據 a license.
/is" 夏 季 the summer season.
chi 季 a season of three months.
hsil 續 to continue ； to renew.
ling 頜 回 t。 rt*- issue ； to renew, as a liceuse li:tnded in
for cancelling.
hsii 續 領之費 the expenses of issuing again ； a fee
iVti' renewing a liccn^^e.
fin 分 ix set (as of printed regulations).
so 索 to ； isk for.
索看 to be desirous to see ； to ask for a copy
of lor inspection ； to ask to be showu.
ping 並 tofrether with.
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eh'anj 呈出 to produce (us a certificate).
ksiao 學 to learo.
牵徒 tin apprentice.
tUt 徒 a pupil ； a disciple.
ting 定制' I tixed routine ； fixed rules.
tfitan m to wish ； to be wUliDg.
/wo 保 to "murantw ； to be surety for.
Ksi 揭 to lend.
捐帶 to take along with oneself!
shafj 勝 adoquiite to ； worthy of.
膝 選 elitfible; competent for election.
勝 選想照 a certificate of competency ； a do-
ouiiu-nt certifying to the eligibility of ii person for
a certain post
hstt 需 it h re'iuired.
iPfii 外 霱情事 extmordinary requirements ； under
exceptional circiunstances.
finy 聽 制 to be subordinate to; under the control of.
tu 獨 .ilone; on one's own account.
kuuo 公 同 on joint account ； in company.
Iro 可 行 may be doue ； allowable.
fing 奉 f 亍 to receive orders from a superior.
wet 違背 to disobey orders.
pei 背 the back ； behind the back ； to oppose.
rAV 撤 S§ to take away and cancel.
pin/j 惠 Hp to make a petition ； a counter-statement.
su |fp to tell; to inform; to accuse.
ijmui 原 委 the original grievance ； the details of an
accusation.
mi 委 ：i (rrievance.
chitt 假借 to borrow on false grounds (as a certificate
tn.ide out in the name of another). [p- 91]
chieh 借 to lend to another ； to borrow from another.
ch ih 治罪 to punish.
shao 1^' the stern of a vessel
Sft' 工 the commanding officer on board a ship ；
a siiip-master.
rhHtaa 船 式 the type of a ship ； the rig of :i ship.
ta 大 i\\ the size of a thing.
hao 號 照 a certificate of registry.
yin 引 水船 a pilot boat.
chi 幾 how many ； a certain number, as i【i 第幾號
=" No. so-and-so ；" " what number ？"
shu 書 明 to write le"'ibly.
ch'ua" 船 尾 the stern of a vessel.
p*6ng 蓬 M suil.
ssil 四 方之式 square ； rectangular.
p*ai 脾 照 the ship's papers.
shui 稅司 （=稅 務司) a Coiumissionet- of Customs.
kuo 果 really.
chick 節 an article, a paragraph (in a set of regulations) ；
also, the rules contained therein.
je7i 任 便 freely ； at liberty.
wan(/ 望樓： t light-station.
i ― |p as soon as ，
ft'ii li^ to order.
盼 咐 to order.
fu 附 to order.
jm 任 it is incumbent on ； it is a duty to.
shih 使 用 to employ ； to be employed ； to lend one's
services.
tzft 字 據費銀 ：i license fee (paid by pilots).
chin 緊 急 urtrent
yiii 引 務 pilotage business.
cheiig 乘 to Mvuil oneself.
乘坐 to make use of a boat or a carriage.
pHng 平時 in ordinary times ； ordinarily.
ch'uan 船 艇 a. boat. [P. 92]
船 ^ the i>e(>ple on board a ship; the shipowner.
kai 該 管之宫 tlie authorities to whom one is amen-
fz^n 此 時 during such time.
fin 分 別 飭挂號 IB to exhibit distinguishing flags,
hao 號 f£ signals.
chi 寄信旗 ailing flags ； code signnls.
ch iao 角 a horn ； a corner.
chieh 接頭 to receive ； to take over; to take charge of.
kai 改 治 to shift berth (as a vessel in harbour).
hsiu 修廠 a dock.
ckao 照 料 to superintend ； to manage.
liao 料 to dispose properly.
料 理 to manage.
cho 酌 體 to meet the wishes of another ； to treat with
uonsi^lenition.
t'i 體 the lio.ly ； to receive courteously.
體 恤 to befriend.
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chinfj
經 紀 ;tn agent ； a cousiguec ； a broker.
2nen
便 coaveaience.
禾多離 ti) move away. [p. 93]
yiu
引 費 pilotage fees.
tai
代收 to receive for another ； to collect (fees, etc.).
Vmi
添 to add.
添 to moor (a vessel).
tim
填寫 to fill in by writing.
shih
試 辦 provisional.
？ /"
猶 more ； further ； if; like.
Mng
更 訂 to alter ； to amend (as rules).
Document No. 50. [p. 94]
ia
/V ，、'"！ ^ypncfPT^
ch'ien
J 千 ( ― J 暮) to gi'aft into ； to put in.
]隱 ■ (111 11 vll 1 yj\X v^U^L J-i-i^ 1" iV O L/v_/\y il \J\j YV 丄 \T 1 Ll-l tX
sharp point, used by tidewaiters for thrusting into
packages when examining goods.
汗 子手 a tidewaiter.
i
專責成 in order to mark responsibility.
i
疑 to suppose ； to suspect.
fa
打 開備查 to open for examinatiou (as packages
at the Custom House).
cldng
徑 directly ； quickly.
關 上 the Customs.
chH
起出 to unload goods.
起 飾 to unload goods.
ko
各種 of all kinds.
teng
^ y 尊 to enter m a ledger ； to register.
ch'U
取回 to fetch back ； to take back.
t'o
拖帶簿 a register of licensed steam tugs. [p. 95]
shan
剛 to expunge.
冊！ I 除 to expunge ； to remove a name from a list.
shih
特 each time ； at any time.
Document No. 51.
hui
會"^ to investigate conjointly ； joint investigation.
會 III 章程 the Joint Investigation Rules.
Jean
干 to concern.
千涉 to be connected with.
人 '""i 關 照 i" ('"lie to all uiulertitauding w'uli each
other.
面 見 to pt'isoually ； to interview.
/t"i 會 識 to (1 isouss conjointly ； to have an interview.
H 吏 an ofticer.
li 立 Jit once ； without delay.
t'ing 聽 襄 to enteitiiin a petitiun ； to coiisidtT a report
(from itu interior).
ho 合 宜 justiciable.
hau 函 致 to write to ； to give notice to iu writing.
shih 是 以 tiu-rel'ore.
tz' & 自 接函之 flrf tVoiu the date of notice being
ivL'ii ； fium the dale when the letter was received.
i <W 五 日爲期 、vithiii five days.
篇 午 刻 before noon, sny between 1 1 a.m. uud noon.
& (0 ^！] thf eighth part of a Chinese hour, or 15 minutes ；
a set time.
j^n 任便 to be at liberty to.
ch'cn 陳 明 to state.
chnan 轉 ^JJ to further report to anotlier what bus been
reported to oneself ； to communicate a report
received.
i 以 爲 是 to consider (a matter) to be so ； to
coDsidei" iui correct.
shih 是 correct ； satisfactory (as :m explanation).
shih ^ to release.
sM 設 if ； supposing that.
i 以爲然 to consider that it be so ； to accede to a
request.
pinfj 裏 知 to ill form (a superior).
chnan 轉咨 to further write to another what has been
comuiimicated to oneself ； to transmit in a
despiitch a communication received.
tifig 定期 to name a day ； to fix a time for.
體 0§ to see face to face ； to meet in person.
0§ 會 to meet iu person.
t^ung 統 帶 to bring with oneself (;is av itu esses to eoui't).
chie7i 見證 ：i witness.
cMnfj 證 to substantiate ； evidence ； a witness.
ch'in 親 身 ill person.
shang 上堂 to procee<l to the court-room ； to come into
court.
t'nng 同坐 to occupy the bench with another.
tso 坐 to sit ； to sit on the bench in a court.
hsiang 相 幫 to assist. [p. 96】
令 to call upon to
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rh^ug 情 筋 particulars ； circuutsUinces.
J |§ to invest— te ； to iisk with aiitbority.
詰問 to cross-examine,
yifn 辯 to lUsputc ； to argue against
辯 to contradict ； to dispute ； contradictory.
po jg^ to dispute ； to ar^ie against
chu 遂 one l>y one ； in detail.
i 以期 實 in order to arrive at the truth.
以杜 倡累 in order to avoid partiality.
pi" " fg iiK-Iined to one side; partial
(e 累 partiality.
lei 累 to involve ； to implicate.
sh^ 設 若 if; supposing that.
rh'itn 遣 to send.
遣 員代往 to send nn officer on one's behalf; to
l、e represented by deputy.
hsiin
詢
to inquire.
問 to ask particulars ； to inquire.
chien
間
at the time of; e.g., 夜 at night-time.
hum
m
fx Customs officers.
Jc'on
p
fjt depositions ； oral statements ； testimony.
kung
供
to deposit ； the deposition (of a witness).
skill
時
:it the time ； then ； thereupon.
an
案
a court.
I'ui
退
to retire.
退去 to withdraw ； to retire.
mi^H 面告 to inform in person,
i'o 可 否 whether or not it is possible to.
Jf^ng 上 控 to appeal
案情 the details of a case.
案 情抄錄 a copy of the minutes of a case.
*7m 駐 to reside at.
駐 京木臣 (衝 the Foreign Ministers residing
at Peking.
jMt 不肯 not willing.
肯 willing.
ch'ing tn 索 賠 償 to claiiu an indemnity.
p'^ 賠 to indemnify.
賠償 to compensate for ； to indemnify.
rh'ang 償 to indemnify.
大 憲 the High Authorities,
""ff 定斷 to decide a case.
ch'u 出具 切結 to ^dve a bond.
chHyiij 情 願 to be willing ； to bind oneself in.
tmm 遷斷 to abide by the decision in a case.
chiao 織 案 to pay into court (as a fine).
ahtii 誰 who ； whose ； whom.
誰 是誰非 who is in the right and who is in the
wrong.
shih ^ to be and not to be; yes and no; positive
and negative ； right and wrong.
ping 襄請 貝§ 铺 to claim compensation.
chih 措 謂 to point out. [p. 97]
i 一 面 ― 面 on the one hand, on the
other,
立案 to enter a plaiut' iu court.
hsiin in to investigate.
H 斷 to try, and give judgment in, a case.
chuan 傳築 A I 登 to summon witnesses.
tsai 在 坐 being seated ； occupying a seat on the bench
(in court).
chih 指 |g to point out the evidence ； to conduct a
case on behalf of the prosecution.
tuan 斷 令交出 to give judgment that (a fine) shall
be paid.
ts'ung 從 寬 to mitigate ii sentence.
無異言 of the same opinion.
chiian 權屬 在該關 the power of rests with the
said Custom House.
lin 留 滯 to detain.
chih 滞 to obstruct ； to hinder.
^ 一同 at the same time with ； at once,
k'ai 開放 to release.
tan 耽 to prevent ； to obstruct ； to delay.
耽延聘 日 to procrastinate ； to delay.
yen 延 to protract ； to delay.
so 索 賠 to claim compensation for.
索 賠延撋 貿易銀 M t。 chum damages for
delay iu business ； to claim deimm'age.
yen 延撋 to delay.
擺 to obstruct ； to put down at a place.
skui 水 脚 fare by water ； freight (by ship).
水脚費 用等項 freight (or passage money)
and other expenses.
chiao 脚 the leg; workmen ； labourers ； porters.
^ 意見 one's opinion.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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tang
yiia n
i
ho
當 之 特 during the time when
當尙未 …… 之特 before the time of ； pre-
ch'ang
yen
an
ta
cJiiang
1m
lu
aha
y 慨 g
fang
ksieh
t'o
chii
hang
so
ta
行 玄知照 to iuform in u (.lespatch.
援 to put forward ； to quote.
援照 ou the grounil of (:is a Treaty paragraph) ；
according to.
-"" ' 面 at the same time.
核 斷 deckle ii case. [p. 98]
昭核實 to ascertain a correct statement (as
of value).
Document No. 52.
長 江六處 the six landing stages on the Yangtze
(opened to trade by the Chefoo Convention).
烟 臺條款 the Chefoo Convention,
沿 江 ou the Yangtze.
安 徽 the province of Anhwei.
大 通 Ta-t'uDg (a port of call on the Yangtze).
安 慶 (an-chHng) AnkHng (capital of the Anhwei
province, and a, port of call on the Yangtze).
江西 chianrj-hsi ) the province of KiangsL
湖 0 Huk'ow (a port of call on the Yangtze).
湖 廣 (hii-kuang) the two provinces of Hupeh and
Hunan.
武 f wa-hsdeh) Wusiieh (a port of call on the
Yangtze).
睦 溪 D fht-chH-h^ou) La-k'i-k*ow (a port of call
on the Yangtze).
沙 市 Shashih (a port of call on the Yangtze).
通 Sfi to befriend ； to accommodate ； by way of
accommodation or compromise.
通 §J 辦理 to make an arrangement by way of
accommodation or of compromise,
融 clear ； intelligent ； harmony.
仿 ( = 倣) to imitate.
仿照 to follow ； to conform to (as to a set of
regulations) ； conformably with.
ftp 賣 to land (goods) for sale.
妥 辦 to manage safely ; to take the proper measures
in carrying out business.
居 住 to reside at.
行 樓 hong and godowns ； a mercantile establish-
ment.
所 載 the passage quoted ； this quotation.
大 槪 generally speaking ； the general features
of ……
chht 出 洋輪船 an Ocean steamer (as opposed to ii
" river stuanier"). [p. 99]
滅 i 乃指 …… 而言 that is to say ； that is.
nei 內江 輪船 II river steamer (as opposed to un
" i)n-,ia .steamer").
饥" 民舶 a " Dative boat " (as opposed to " foreign
boats"); a " private or nicrchiint junk " (as opposed
to " Government vessels"); here, a registered junk
plying bet\vt?eu the ports of call on the Yangtze.
piejo 編 列 字號 to register (！ us a cargo-boatj.
chuang 裝船 t" put on board a ship (as goods) ； to ship.
裝船處 the place of shipment.
此 去 from here ； from this (place).
chi 幾 幾 so many as {e.g., to pay so
many times the Likin duty as there are barriers
on the road).
幾倍 so many times.
i •Ki 铺應 完之艇 to make up for the Likin
taxes due.
yiian 援免 to apply (an exceptional rule) to the ex-
emption (of goods from payment of duty) ； to
claim exemption.
mo 末 尾 the last ； at the last. [p. 100]
末尾 "關 that Custom House which is at the
end ； the last Custom House (passed).
i ― before a noun and preceded l)y a genitive, or a
clause corresponding to a genitive, may be said to
represent the definite article: 末尾一 關， " the
Custom House at the end," " the last (Justom
House," not "a Custom House at the end," etc.
tim Hl § to till out and issue ； to issue (as a cer-
"titicEite).
shou 收窗單 it Likin receipt.
tsung 總蟹單 a cargo certificate issued by the Likin
office at one of the Yangtze ports of call, for
delivery at a Foreign Custom House.
feng 封 好 duly sealed ； after being sealed.
Ikiq 好 good. After verbs, denotes that the action of
the verb is finished ； hence, a sign of the past.
chi 纷還 to hand back ； to return.
i 以 遠報近 to report far as near ； to make a false
declaration as to the number of Likin stations
passed by certain goods.
hsi 希 圆偷漏 to intend a fraud on the revenue.
pu 不准停 輸之處 a place where steamers are
not allowed to stop; a place not authorised us a
landing stage (on the Yangtze).
t'inrj 停輸 to stop a steamer.
chuan 專章 a special rule.
chiu 就 to follow ； according to. [p. 101]
貨價每 百拙二 to levy 2 per cent, ad
valorem.
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fAV/tj 种 碼 sr.ilfM itnil weights; weights and measures.
fM4i 碟 wt'iglits ； a yiird.
kao 下 hi^'her or lower; differently adjusted.
ha g 沙市 W 至大通 between Shashili and
r;ii*iing.
;>*'i 北 河 口 Pei-ho-k'ow (a Li kin stivtion ou the
Vaiij^^tzo).
ijing 妈洲 Ying-^vu-chou (a Likin station on the
Yiingtze).
fan 獎 口 F:mkow (a Likin station on the Yangtze).
frh 二套口 £rh-t'ao-kow (u Likin station on the
Yanj^tze).
hiia 華 場 Hwayang (a Likin stiition ou the Yangtze).
ithang 上下游 up and down the river.
上 游 up the river.
hjtia 下 游 down the river,
y" 游 t'l rioiit ； to swim,
'-(rt 次 ^ to arrange in order ； seriatim,
hsii ^ to follow in order ； series.
Jufiia II 想牌 exhibit a tablet ； a list.
pci {fi 查 for inspection ； for reference.
i 以柬 to the east of …… ； e.g., 大通 以東， to
the east of Tat'ung. Cf- i 内， Document
No. 29, p. 58.
nhih 使 to cause to ； to let.
htan 官碼頭 ：i Government jetty ； an authorised jetty
； for the shipment of goods).
tH 究 to prosecute (for legal punishment).
Hiuf 定期 at a fixed time ； regularly.
hui 贫 解 to collect and forward.
i jy 淸款項 in order to clear (settle account con-
cern in^r these) items ； in order to close accounts.
ckHng 淸款項 to clear (settle account concerning cer-
tain; items ； to close accounts.
hsi 細數 detailed figures.
an 按' 匕日 weekly ； by the week.
tt;ao 造具 to prepare.
造 具 j j^ 册 to prepare statistics.
an 按 月 ninntbly.
icat 外國月 分 the foreign calendar ； the month
according to the foreign calendar.
fjiuuff 總 册 11 general table ； a statistical summary.
chu 駐紫 to be stationed at.
fha 紫， also written 剖 or 扎, to be stationed at.
hsUn 逝査 to inspect (as ports).
chin 盡 to exhaust ； exhaustive.
shiihf
"Ir" 'a' ni'iHdTN:
•3r Ft. 11 ill L Lclo.
chih
室 to obstruct.
窒 碍之處 difficult points; difficulties.
hsiaiuj
相 機 according to circumstances ； according to
■•111 I n 1 iTkiiifint.t!
1 i. 1 1 1 1 1 1 ( lliCU
rho
酌 改 to alter (as regulations).
XU Ift ^5 ^ in order that matters may lie pro-
perly managed.
k'ai
開辦 to put into operation.
Document No. 53. LP- 102 J
諭 an order.
hsien
現 下 now.
Mai
開單 to make out a document.
MM 111 \j\J OvALrC lii 丄 Ij 丄 LLlClil •
chao
照 登底簿 to enter in a book.
ydan
原 貨 the original goods.
ch'uan
夕牛 an error.
夕牛 錯之課 a mistake.
窗 I
毋違 此諭 do not disobey this order.
Document No. 54.
i
以便 征稅 in order to levy the duty (properly).
以 外 outside ； more than.
tso
作 爲 to consider as ； to treat as.
i
以 內 inside ； less than.
pu
不人等 unclassed.
tsun
遵 照 to be guided by ； for the guidance of.
pu
不 過 only.
shang
上 下 superior and inferior.
to inform by proclamation. [p. 103]
ts'o
錯 雜 to mix up by mistake.
同 列 Monging to the same category.
分類 to class ； classified ； classed.
dm
逐 一 one by one ； item for item.
shih
是 爲至要 this is very important.
Document No. 55.
liang
量 to measure.
hcng
橫 徑 the warp of a textiire.
¥0
園 broad ； breadth.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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t'Ai7i 直 紗 the horizontal threads of :i texture ； the
warp.
樓 tlio threads of ;i texture.
kai 槪 （ = 皆 fhich) all
ho 核明 to examine carefully.
^ 以免 I 合誤 in order to avoid mistakes.
i 賠 to leave ； to bequeath ； to involve in ； to cease
to.
Document No. 56. [p. 104]
i 疑 雕事件 matters doubtful and 'difficult to
decide upon.
-sMn 申請 to apply for (as for instructions).
/w> 核 JJ^ to give a decision.
yeh 野 蜂釀蜜 wild uncleaned honey.
ferifj 蜂 a bee.
^ 蜜 honey.
nuiug 瞎 to ferment ； fermented.
'sM 化 申文 a despatch to a superior ； a report.
i 以 because ； to consider that.
未 免 cannot avoid ； is bound to.
人 過 重 excess ； too heavy.
chiu 究 thereafter ； finally.
tsnn 遵行 to be guided by ； for one's guidance.
fang 當經 I have, with reference thereto (denoting
past tense and iinmediateness of action).
fct 體寄 to send (as a letter or a despatch).
cha 對文 a despatch to an inferior ； inf>tructioBS.
chi 旣 since ； because.
ch'i 歧 diverging. •
歧 異 difference ； divergence.
chafi 展 to expand.
展限 to extend a limit.
hsil 績 修 revised ； supplementary.
yiln 允 to agree ； to allow ； sincere ； what is proper.
chia 夾 double.
夾板 船隻 sailing vessels.
cheng J£ ^ the full aiuoimt.
chie7i 減 to diminish ； to reduce.
減半 to reduce by one-half.
t'nng 通 商各口 the Treaty ports.
h'ou 口內 口外 in port and outside a port.
sAo" 受損 to receive damage ； to bo damaged.
J' 仏 日期 a luiiit ； a period of time.
扣算 to deduct.
cA'flo |j? 項 tonnage dues.
hsiian 旋 forthwith. [p. 105]
漏 I 損壞 to be damaged ； to be wrecked.
謹' 完歧 to complete (as a job).
chuu to Hnish.
ho 核 算 to calculate.
A" 賴 $5 a supplementary Convention.
hsiaiKj 相符 to agree.
s&Sh 申 i 青核奪 覆 to apply for instructions (in
a despatch to a superior).
shih 示 覆 to give instructions in reply to an appli-
cation.
2— 並 無不公 by no means unjust ； (.|uite approv-
aV)le.
chich 解釋 to explain ； to interpret.
數 several ； ；) few.
《 以 期曉然 in order that it may be thus known.
koi 開 錄 to record.
"in(j 聽船主 自便 at the option of the shipmaster.
shi 計 算 to calculate.
skamj 尙 有 there is still.
lien 連 and ； phis.
chiao 織 銷 to deliver (； i document) for cancelling.
LP. 106]
hsin 新 爲領換 之孰照 a new certilicate exchanged
tVir an "id one.
chieh 接 續 in continuation of.
ts''i 拆賣 to breiik up for sale.
拆 寶船料 materials from vessels broken up for
sale.
lido 料 materials.
nei 内 稱 it is stated therein ； in which it is stated
that.
內 截 it is said therein ； in which it is that.
tuau 端 :i paragraph ； a passage.
sun 損壞 船隻 vessels wrecked.
ch'i 起岸 to be lanckd ； to land goods.
jcng 仍 :ti;!un ； still.
wu 無 約各國 non-Treaty Powers.
ts^c 册 簿 a list ； a book for registry.
yctntj 洋式船 隻 foreign-type vessels.
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TEXT BOOK OF
dhih Q 赴 to Mtil to; to be bound for.
9t'£ 拆 55 to bo broken up (as i\ ship).
eh'ing 呈交 ffi} 寄 to deliver for filing in the archives.
ch'inij 輕 ti^^lit ； not heavy. [p. 107]
輕木板 soft-wootl planks.
k'-ua i ^ i-hi^sitier of wooden plunks.
htm 厚 thick ； thickness.
雖 idth"""'li.
r/ii/i 指 明 to jwint out ； to mention ； to refer to.
hail 厚 薄 thickness (as a relative term).
pit thin ； thinness.
vion $Z S fx ifl commercijil usage.
" fg 來 hitherto.
tM> 作 ( = 爲) to consider as.
載 明 it is stated in ……
i 抑 i)crhaps ； or; if.
抑 或 "r. ―
ahtn 申 IS 酌 核示莲 to apply for instructions in a
desi)atch.
" 不若 it is better to.
pi 比例 to follow the rule.
rJiia 加 倍 to add ； to double.
k'o 科 稅 extra duty ； atlditional duty.
rhia
假
false ； imitated.
假
金 錢 imitation gold thread.
/(.><• /d
錢
■ 二 線） tlueatl ； wire.
hnang
黃
銅 yellow copper ； brass.
rh'an
投
to mix up ； to foist in.
^ silver plated.
1 .■
it
t'、 plate ； to gild.
it
金 to gild.
c/i'a/i.
產
製 to manufacture.
，： hih
製
to make.
Ui
大
XCTV.
大相 ii 殊 very different.
hs'nan 憑 to su.spend ； separate ； diflerent.
憑 殊 different.
丛" 殊 (liil'ering ； unlike.
k'unfj 恐 有未舍 it {k to be feared that it is not in
order.
f'h " 處 J) lace ； places; ； the different points of iin expose.
[p. 108]
'職 無 論貴賤 in-es^jective of price or value.
chH 其 內 therein ； in it.
tzil 自 應 must ； of course.
ksil supitleinentary ; additional.
"i" 修 船雜物 clock stores.
''/'•"(("' 船 a <l<)L-k.
ying 應 行免税 liable to exemption from duty j
duty free.
pdfi 頒 to publish abroafl.
頒體 to 1 誦 imlgate; to publish.
hman 旋 tlien : forthwith.
chiao 纖存 to pay as a deposit.
ssil 似 it seems that.
t'ich 鐵 練 iron chains.
■ sJm 庶 so that there may be ； about ； nearly.
庶 屬允當 so that it may be fair ； for the sake
of till mess.
yiin 允 當 just ； fair. ,
liu 琉 y trass ； glaze.
琉 璃 glass.
琉璃瓦 glazed tiles.
li 璃 strass.
A" 黒 i& 塊 plumbago,
j 層 寶 valuable ； precious.
寶 砂 emery powder.
slia 砂 gravel ； sand ； gritty, like sand.
2/?* 油斤 oil (as merchandise). Cf. ssit 絲 斤， P- 28.
s 卿 ^ a fir; a pine.
极香油 turpentine.
M 旣 經 since it has ； as soon as it shall have.
、 Document No. 57, [p. 109]
tsung 總， p a central Customs station.
hskh 協 lo assist.
協 鎮 the commandant of ;i garrison ； ua 裏 iiitant
clun-t^ai or brigadier-generai ； a colonel.
(•/'Ui 鎮 a regiment; a brigade ； (= 鎮台) ：i brigaclier-
general.
chao 照 送 to forward officially.
I' 丽 J 銅 帽 percussion caps.
chm 價 銀 price ； proceeds of sale.
chH 緣 to seize.
鶴 獲 to seize (as thieves, or smuggled goods).
sstf' 私 帶 to carry clandestinely.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
55
jfxto 包 a bumlle ； a package.
ho 盒 ii small box.
jn 敝 mean ； common ； iin epithet used by the speaker
or writer ； hence, my.
敝前住 luy predecessor.
jm 住 a post ； an incumbent.
佐領府 a military title (colonel).
,:hia'>'j 將軍憲 His Excellency the Tartiir General.
chick 解交 to forward to.
shui 稅驚局 (a native revenue office).
yen 驗 收 to examine and receive ； to take delivery of.
chieh 解省 to send to the provincial capital.
nMng 省 a province ； also the provincial capital.
chiin 軍装所 a depository for arms, etc. ； an armoury.
tien 點 to dot ； to tick off.
點 '驗 to dot and examine ； to tick oft' while ex-
amining ； to check (as a list of articles).
i 移 to write officially.
ckHi 去後 (= 後) (after a verb) on having ；
after.
ping 幷 經 having at the same time.
''hao 照 知 to inform in a despatch.
"'(( i 在案 it is on record ； as records show.
ho 合就照 送 to forward in due course.
'oei 爲此 照會 this despatch is written, or addressed,
to -…， :'
kud 貴 稅務司 you, the Commissioner of Customs.
chHmj 請 煩査收 賜覆 please trouble to receive and
reply to (as a despatch).
fan 煩 to trouble about.
tz^u 貝§ to confer ； to bestow,
賜 覆 to bestow au answer ； to favour one with
a reply.
eki 計 送 forwarded herewith (as an amount of money,
etc., with a despatch).
yv^ 右 right ； that which is on the right ； in documents,
the above.
右照會 the above despatch.
Document No. 58. [p. 110]
shu 署公使 an acting envoy.
f:hao 照 稱 an official despatch stating ； to state in an
orticial document.
hsin 新派 to appoint.
sJm 署大 臣 an acting Minister of State.
i 以 R and ； or.
t'ai 台灣島 the island of Formosa.
tc S£ j£ A German subjects.
2)ei 被 告 to bt' accused ； the accused ； the defenfliint.
被 吿案件 cases of accusation ； cluirges against.
犯 罪 to oftend ； offence ； crime ； criminal.
Vtmg
統 all.
shen
審 to examine ； to try (as a legal case).
審 ^！) to decide legal cases ； to have jurisdiction.
tu
督 率 to have under one's orders.
chan
暫 且 temporarily.
ch'ich
B ( = kf'7i) (uives an ； uliective iulvurbial force).
i
擬 辦 ^£ 行 ； t'bout to put into operation provi-
sionally.
SS'&
俟 方 wait till ， and then ； not until.
chih
孰政 大臣 Ministers of State.
yiin
^£ to sanction.
faiut
J "'"'if
-J^ then.
li
立 定 to introduce (us an ； urangement) ； to put
into operation.
shih
施行 to carry out a scheme ； to put into operation.
shm
審 斷 to give judgment ； to decide a case.
tu
督管 to have control over.
shin
審 結 (01' 審 理) to decide and settle legal cases.
Document No. 59. [p. Ill]
hsieh
協領 ii military title (colonel).
協領銜 having the rank of a hsiek-Hng.
hsia
厦 (= M 門 Amoy,
厦 防分府 the Magistrate of Amoy.
fen 分 府 title of a sub-prefect.
pi 敝署 uiy office or yamen ； i.e., I (if the writer be
at the head of a yameu).
p'ai 派了 to depute servants ； to get servants to.
fit 扶 to shield ； to accompany (as a coffin).
k'ou 口 a classifier of coffins.
sni 隨帶 to accompany.
lou 囊 a basket.
i 椅 a chair.
cho 植 a table.
p'n |§ bedding.
鋪 i bedding.
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M 搭 t» thartor ； to Uxke passage iii a ship; to ship.
Am to 蹄 to return (home).
rh*iiuj If} 予 please gnint.
yii 子 ti'
*rri ^ 此 移 誚 査 照 writing a despatch on this
acfniint, pli'a.so take otficial notice ； I shall be
oltli^'i'il l>y yolir noting the subject of my despatch.
h" 希！! P 轉移 I shall be obli^^ed by your couimuni-
cixuw^ the t-niitt'iits of my letter to
yv 由 至 镇 tn'iu Amoy to Hunkow.
chvt 家 了 山 "lie -、 tic servants.
傳免沿 途阻滞 iu onler to avoid obstruction
ho ^就 fl? 、知 t" dn\y inform.
Document No. 60. [P. 112]
M，、fj 典泉永 the three departments of Hsing-hua-fii
一 (M ),rh(ii:in-ehou-fu (泉 rV;im')，JUKl Yung-
th'un-chou (永 ？ /"»?), forming the circuit in
char-^'C of the Taot*ai at Amoy.
chtiu 照 稷 to reply in a despatch.
ch" 5£ iii 塔燈 to build lighthouses.
pet 北 |£ Dodd Island (near Ainoy).
hsimj 奥 to arise ； to raise.
興工 to commence? Avork.
不 日 shortly.
hit 會 同 conjointly vrith.
/" 副 to assist ； assistant (in titles).
yhtf'f 營造司 an engineer (for lighthouses, etc.).
勘她方 the site originally inspected ； the
ori*.dnal site.
tan Ipj to inspect.
ch'i 起 卸 to land goods from a ship.
cfrn 處所 a place.
tan 勘 度 to measure ； to survey (as land for :i site to
hwWd upon),
ti 她 勢 the particulars regarding a lot of land.
ch^un 造汲 to send for business (as workmen).
kunfj 工 A workmen.
iHm H| ||fc to fill up (for building). •
fi 她基 a foundation.
te*'' 此 後 after this.
fstf". 材 料 material.
2wi 備 便 to make ready ； to complete.
tuny 動工 to commence work.
chH 起 签 to foiiinicncc building.
hai 益 in liiiild.
ting 燈樓； I lighthouse.
nim 年底 lU the end of tlie year.
tsiin 歧 to linish.
歧 事 to complete an afiair.
luio 毫 無更改 not to make the slightest change.
Mng 更 to alter.
更 改 to change.
cli-a 札 筋 to instruct.
ma 馬 ^ 廳 the Magistrate of Ma-hsiang (Mahang).
chic 居 to dwell ； to live.
居 民 the inhabitants.
pu 不 得 cannot ； should not.
tm 阻镜 to be vexatious.
nao 镜 to pervert ； to vex.
sh&ng 生事 to make trouble.
loan 完工 to finish work.
Document No. 61. [P. 113]
chii 具保結 to sign a bond.
chan 暫存 to keep on deposit ； on deposit.
eJiing 竟 indeed; then.
chS 期 to expect ； to hope for.
shcn 愼 重 to carefully observe ； to treat as important.
km 過 慮 to care too much about ； to trouble about.
ch'a 查 照遵辦 to act according to instructions
received.
ti 第 but.
ck^in 陳 說 to explain ； to state ； to set forth.
Hao 條 现 reasonable ； logical ； well founded in detail.
Cf. 條 M 有 理 every section has its rules
(Williams).
ch 垂 I 轉 詳 to communicate a report received.
《£m 但 however.
shang 尙 未 not yet.
明 叙 to state.
hsil 叙 to converse.
i ― 切 all.
hsianfj 詳 錄 to state in detail.
MODERN' DOCUMENTARY CHIXESK.
57
ch'a
shih
sJtan(f
laa
liiuj
shih
i
to
thmg
V 霍 J
f(in
ch'inif/
ch'ieii
Sid
hsien
ch'aiHj
dt'i
fan
cliao
轉 禁
to connnunit'ate ;i report received from an
inferior.
察 奪 to oxainine and judge.
富 爲公便 it is really in the public interest.
sMng
t'WKJ
ssH
hung
hsiin
p'ai
k'ai
chao
Document No. 62.
[p. 114]
賞 to bestow ； to confer (as a reward).
賞戴藍 wearing the blue plume or crow's
feather.
藍 blue.
錫 a pendent tail feather ； the plume worn as a
decoration of merit.
食 salt ； kitchen salt.
禾多 ^ to instruct in a despatch.
課館； I revenue office.
同 安 T'ung-au-hsien (near Amoy).
帮 a guild ； a union of people.
販 戸 dealers (in salt, etc.).
支 賞 to give a rewnnl.
遣 丁 to send servant.^.
隨 ( = 隨 特) instantly ； at the same time.
現 時 the present time ； present.
堪 ； m arena ； salt flats ; salt factories.
塲 價 the official price of salt.
七 二番銀 lit. , a. seven [mace] two [candareen]
foreign silver [coin] ； a Mexican dollar, of which
loo ； ire equal to 72 taels.
番 foreign.
照 呈 (= 照數呈 送) to band over an amount
a« per account.
照 數查收 to receive an amount as per account.
Document No. 63. [p. 115]
福 (fif-chien) the province of Fukien.
省 會 the provincial capital.
通 商總局 the Board of Foreign Trade (at
Foochow).
司 道 the high provincial officials (Fant'ai, Nieh-
t'ai, Yunt'ai, and the Taot'ais).
宫 保 Guardian of the Heir Apparent (a title).
巡 撫部院 a provincial Governor.
脾 a despatch to an inferior.
開 to open (a book, etc.) ； introducing the tenor of
;i document quoted : to the effect that.
照 得 whereas.
tsou
?〃— '：
chill
tiao
mm
chHm
ckiin
hsien
hsin
yiin
k'ai
tai
Jcuci
U'lC
y 舰 (J
7)tm
tai
tzil
chi
ho
j"
shih
hsiui
yiii
chin
本部院 I, the Governor.
奏 to address the Throne.
赛奉 Ijjf 旨！ :o receive a reply from the Throne.
諭 旨 an Imperial rescript.
旨 :tn Imperial rescript ； His Majesty's comniandf*,
調 to remove to another post ； to transfer.
調 間 '！个 眾 the Kweichow regiment transferrcil
to Fukien.
間 the Fukien province.
St^ the Kweichow province.
軍 a regiment ； military.
先 first ； beforehand.
撒 to remove ； to withdraw ； to recall (as troops).
新 new ； newly ； lately.
新 授 having lately received (as a post).
雲 a cloud.
雲 南 the Yiinnan province.
開 化 K'ai-hua-fu (in the province of Yunnan).
帶 to lead ； to be in charge of troops.
%^ 伍 to return to one's regiment or division.
伍 a hody of soldiers ； a military division.
简 獲 to have received ； to get issued (as anus
from the Government).
洋 餘 foreign guns.
P3 (a classifier of guns, rifles, etc.).
帶回 to take back ； to lead back (as troops),
呈 額定 to hand up.
咨明 to inform in a despatch.
微 to address an inferior ； to issue a summons.
合 就 duly.
如 遇 if there be; if.
洋 稅新關 the Foreign Customs.
事 宜 afl'airs ； business.
Document No. 64.
[p. 116]
本道 I， the Taot'ai.
現 在 uow.
因公 on public business.
晉 to go to ； to enter.
晉 省 to proceed to the provincial capital.
面裏 to report to a superior in person ； to speak
to a fjuperior (on business).
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TEXT BOOK OF
地 方公事 local business.
f" flj 搭 lo take pt\ssage (in n ship).
fV,' 欲 to bcffin.
逸 程 t'、 -、 tart on a journey.
" 暴中 要公取 important office matters.
rhiii 緊 urjjent.
要 important.
产 I Q t" wn^p up.
tli 封 to put into a scaled envelope.
fisiitQ 行鬼 ft temporary residence while on a journey,
y'i 寓 ;i (IwolUng.
ho 核 辦 to transact business.
hsiin 尋 common ； usual.
尋 常 onlinaiT ； as usual.
尋?^ D 行事件 the current daily business.
f'uiifj 同 知 a iiirtgistrate Oe Mayers' " The Chinese
Government," No. 282).
cAVHjr 丞 literary designation of a sub-prefect.
'"I 代拆 代行 to open letters and act for another.
' 以免嚷 '\% in order to avoid delay.
k'uang 哦 to waste (as time).
'c« 恨 delay.
'ihiii 申 報 to report to a superior.
申 f S 咨行 礼 委 to inform superiors, equals,
； mil inferiors in rank.
"(§ 行 to address an equal.
f/ifi 禾 L 委 to write officially to an inferior.
<7i'a 查 照施行 to note and act accorclingly.
ch'iii 欽 Ijostowed by the Emperor.
Document No. 65.
/ia"? 兩 江 the two Kian (； provinces, i.e" Kiangnan
(now Kiangsu and Anhwei) and Kiangsi.
等 (after the name or title of a single person) and
others. Cf. ting 等 sign of the plural, p. 19.
奏 稱
to state in a memorial to the Throne.
" 湖 北 the Hupeh province.
開 釆煤鐵
to work coal and iron mines.
'«'ai 來 to pluck ； to gather.
洋 法 foreign method.
職" 旺 much ； in a high degree,
仏 勢 circumstances.
"0 銷 路 circulation of goods ； the range of sale.
liu 琉 通 to flow freely ； to expand (as trade).
yiian 援 照 成 案 according to precedent.
ck^cng 成 to complete ； completed ； ready.
成案 a precedent.
fu 覆奏 to lueiiiorialise again ； to refer (a matter)
to Ihc Throne ； to memorialise the Throne in
reply- [p. 117]
huang 廣 濟 Kuang-ch'i-hsien (a coiil-proclucinj^ district
in Hupeh).
hsiang 相 同 the same as.
chia 加 增 to increase ； to add to.
chao 照 舊 as lieretofore ； as before.
i 以示限 制 in order to draw a limit ； iis a
restrictive measure.
Document No. 66.
2)ci 北 洋 大 臣 the Superintendent of Northern
Trade.
hsiang 詳 稱 to report to a superior.
chiao 焦 burned ； scorched.
焦 炭 coke.
ho 核估 特 價 to ascertain the market v:ilue.
tsou 奏 定 decided by the Emperor in reply to a
memoruil.
h^ai 開 平 K'ai-p'ing (a coal-producing place).
lien 燥 to separate dross by fire.
燥成 to bum ； to make by burning (as coke by
burning coal).
hung 公 允 just; fair.
核 議 to consider ； to consult.
tnci 煤礦 a coal-mine.
t'u 土 煤 native coal.
shcn 甚 爲公允 it is very fair. [p. 118]
chi 旣 經 from the time that ； since has, having,
etc. ； from the time that shall have, t.e., as
soon as
/m" 函 南 to inquire in a letter.
t 咨 覆 to reply in a despatch.
ch'ih 飭 to inform subordinates.
Document No. 67.
觸 i 南洋 大臣 the Superintendent of Southern
Trade.
奉 到 憲 答 ij to have received instructions from
the authorities.
"概 遵 照 in obedience to.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
59
to issue circular instructions to.
自用 to use oneself ； fov own use.
f/,rtO 敛單 fi copy of a doouiuont.
cho 酌 量 to consider.
fcug 等 由 ami the like matters ； etc. Cf. tcng 等 因，
P- 55-
/" 伏 to fall prostviite ； humble ； humbly.
伏査 it is my humble opinion that ； in my
humble oiiinion.
" 抵 to arrive at.
抵 '} '扈 to arrive at Shanghai.
官 商 officials and luerchauts.
a. rule.
格 夕卜 out-side the rule ； extmordinary.
2/" 優 tranquil; gentle ； fully; to excel. [p. 119]
優待 to treat with consideration.
i 意 meaning ； intention.
/" 復 核可行 to reply that a matter may be carried
out ； to reply in the affirmative.
】"i i 還 關 the Shanghai Customs.
^ 以 爲 度 to consider as a limit.
hsiang 詳 慎 very carefully.
酌 數 the authorised amount ； in certain quantities.
ch^'dttn 權 宜之舉 a temporary aiTangeuient to meet
pressing cii'cumstances.
tz'tt ^ 夕卜 besides this.
醫 i 寶 與傘人 to sell (or for sale) to Chinese.
無 多寡 irrespective of quantity.
^ -[^ JJi 區別 in order to show the distinction.
區 a store-room ； to sort.
區 別 to dij>tinguish ； distinction.
c/"to 昭 to make known ； to display.
hsianfj 詳 祈 to request respectfully.
chH 祈 to state one's case to a god ； to pray.
tzd 咨 Ih 核 復 to ask in a despatch for a repl)'-
Document No. 68.
shau 頭 Swatow.
chi 機 器 machinery.
p。i^ 本 行 this fii-iu ； our tinu.
ao 熬 to boil.
熬 惟 糖 觔 to boil, or vefiue, sugar.
— 另 besides.
tso 作 爲 to luake ； to mamil'acture.
c/t'ow 抽 to take out with the hand ； to take out (us silk
t'roiu a cocoon, t'.e., to reel).
抽 絲 to reel silk ； reeled silk.
pa" 辦 to l>uy.
辦 外國機 器 to Iniy foreign in;u'hinory.
chih 製 造 (<) make ； to nirtiuifacture.
《 (= 將 chiang) denotes the object.
chun 准予 免稅 t(> grant exemption from duty.
piiHf 並 非 not at nil ； not. Cf. ping 並 未， Document
No. 28, p. 57.
ch'u 出售 to sell ； for sale.
pai 百 貨 goods of every description.
chun^ •f;5 finally ； in the end.
篇 ^ 非 is Ixnmd to ； hy ； ill means.
erh 而 is frequently used in introducinjz tlic apodosis in
a concot<sive i-Iause, no matter whether the protasis
be opened hy sal (§{!), ":iltliough，" or not ； e.g.,
，而 01 '雖 ， 而 , " although. -…. ，
yet ') Cf. sul 虽! £， p. 79. Tn the present case
sui (虽 11) does not appear. The sense is: "al-
though in the end all kinds of dutiable goods
■will t'ome to be * for own use,' yet the article
'machinery' is quite ditieront from 'tlic articles
of daily use' inentinneil in the Tariff Rules."
kud 歸 於 to come within the category of.
hsioi 尋常日 用物件 articles of daily use. [p. 120]
chHung 迴 remote ； in a high decree (used to emphasise
negation). Cf. ping 並 未， Document No. 28，
P- 57.
迴不 相同 widely difterent.
yu 又 fui-tliei'; moreover.
chii 據 云 as it is said ； as to the remark that.
i 宜 to suit ； to make fit.
宜廣 開來路 to encourage (or develop) import
trade.
kuang 廣 broad ； to make broad ； to extend.
i 签" J》 實濟 to be conducive to real advantage ； to
be of bonelit to.
2ni 不足 Jil 礙 ft 來 J& not capable of discouraging
impuitatiua.
i 以 gives a verb the force of the second supine
(facile did 11) after teniis meaaing "difficult,"
" easy," " capable," or " sufficient," such as ？隱
(難 )， i (易 \ h'" (堪 )， (足 )， etc,; e'ff'， 's"
i ai (足 JL*J[ 礙）， - sufficient or capable to
ch'hig-hnvo (難 以成 功)，
'■(iifficult to bring about." In aU these cases
yii (於) may take the place of i (以 ).
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chi 機 S 局 a ujiinufiiotory for machinery ； an arsenal.
IMO 逸 局 i""ivt'nimeiU <lofk; the Foochow arsenal.
chu 局 ft I'ommUsion; nn adininistnitive Iward ； an es-
tnbli.shmeiU working umlcr siu'h a board.
nai '乃 tliiit is ； is.
knan 官 用 for official use.
pi 比 "> compare ； to treat analogously.
fffii ！ p5 四 a«p\in and ngain.
"'， 思 to tliink.
思 維 t'l think,
irci 維 to think ； to consider.
tuan 官 officiiUs and private people.
/" 伏 》S I humbly consider ； in my hmublc opinion.
f，"iff 動 to appropriate (as funds); to use.
hinfj 公 欽 Government moneys.
公 欽 P'!l 辦 to buy from Government funds.
■ 公 用之物 articles for Government use.
公 用之欽 moneys for Government use.
公 項 puUic moneys.
f h*ih 瞎 to eat ； to swallow ； to bear.
唆 S5 to suffer a loss.
/"* 不致 so that not; not to result in.
f— 兩 歧辦法 two difi'erent methods of acting.
r/t*i 歧 diverging.
y^t 約 章 Treaty regulations.
chii 逸 hurried.
予 免 征 to grant exemption from duty in a
tiniTv.
rhiaurj 將 來 afterwards.
fin 紛 mottled ； confused ； the bustle of a crowd.
'锐 锐效尤 many others will follow ； others will
claim wluit is allowed to a few.
^tJsiao 效 to imitate ； to do as others do.
效尤 to excel the pattern, as in doing evil
(Williams).
h《 開 各 商親俞 S 之 渐 to stimulate the appetite
vlor illegal privile^'esj niiiongst mercliants ； lit, to
open the {gradual development (ch^icn 漸) of mer-
chants' 卩 llegalj desires.
'力 '' 親 to covet.
親 IS to wisli for ardently.
？/ *t 親 to desire.
^ «W 昭公允 for the sake of fairness.
cknnff 重稅 銷 to iiiaintiiin flue regard f< ir revenue in-
terest-、
chutan 船政局 a CJoverninent (lockyanl ； an arsenal.
Document No. 69. [p. 121]
fhH7tg 纖 ；) kinil of hemp ； jute.
^ 1^ jute.
Hen 天 下谷國 all the countries in the world.
fell 分 而爲二 to distinguish two kinds of.
"ung 總 all.
vhtin 钩 important ； just ； that Avhich belongs to the
person addressed : your.
翁 答 ij your respected orders (as alluding to an
official letter from a superior).
hsiang 詳秀 田查覆 to reply in detail.
2 画 爲 to report as,
ch'ing 靑 麻 green hemp.
chnng 種 類 kind ； category.
shih 式 樣 a pattern.
tcf> 大 不相同 very imlike each other.
I 易 爲分別 easy to distinguish.
y 應 J ^ ^ a pattern.
t'a 他 項 other kinds.
yu 有 異 different from ； there is a difference.
tH ti 較輕鬆 tlie frame or body is weak aud shaky.
niu 扭 to twist ； to wrench.
nick 儘 (二 }M) to blacken ； to dye.
/" 腐 to spoil ； to rot ； rotten.
ta 大 略相符 to agree in the main.
ym 驟 貨 手 :m examiner.
ying 影 射之弊 the malpractice of spreading lies ；
false statements. [P* 122]
h'o 可無盧 one need not fear this.
li 理 合 備 to duly write ii despatch.
ts'ai 裁奪示 5^ to consider and decide and notify
fur guidance.
shciig 生 質 natural disposition.
霞 無 盧 影 射 not to fear false statements.
li(tng 量 減 lo diiiiiuish ； to lower.
i 以順商 情 in order to meet commercial re'iuire-
ments.
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Document No. 70. [p. 123]
答 令 to order in a despatch.
' It <ii
明 f 复 to examine and report in reply.
1
K-J — TT' iX- nXF til l、'i，， 八 ，、■"); rl 八，, l、'、、,，r»rr fil 11 /i 1 1 f 'ir
1 J JJL^ 【,l Uil、 t [J.llUj Ul Jl(l\ Lug pitlUj iUii ULl Lj.
lK tT V Im to I'e-slui) ； to re-export.
不問 自 用出售 no matter whether for own
，，.，.、 ， 、-, „ r. 、1 八
Use or tor sale.
■?(， (^化
|uj to ask.
hs 1(0.71
旋 ip at once ； then ； tliereon.
聽 商自便 according to merchants' option.
ydn
運 抵 to arrive (as goods at the place of destina-
tion).
ch'fuin
Wa W Wi foreign coal for ship s use.
限 內 witMn the limit.
shih
是 this means that, ,.. . ； that is.
wu
無 虞 there is no cause to fear.
lou
漏 稅滋弊 all the vicious modes of defrauding
the revenue.
i
一 as soon as.
icai
槪 all ； then.
篇
無 簡 there is no loss arising from.
SSll
似 可 照 議 辦 理 it seems one may manage the
matter as |jro posed.
511 11 there be.
shou
收 稅免照 an exemption certificate.
i
以 昭核實 order to show the fact to be true.
shang
尙 爲周到 all is yet quite in order.
jJocuineiiL) iNO. /丄， [p. ±6%j
hsianfj
箱 包 cases and packages.
yang
'《手 纖 被 toreign iron hoop?.
I tc/i
駄 拖 iron hoops.
Jc 飞 fj
舰 a uoop.
IS (i
拆 湊 處 to remove (as hoops from packages),
and collect in one place.
shang
商 to consider.
m
自然 of course.
fsai
載 八總單 to enter on the cargo certificate.
lei
累 trouble ； troublesome repetition.
ptc
不 如 it is better that ； we had better.
wei
爲善 is good ； recomiiiendal)le.
i
― 項 the item of.
p'o 破 to break.
破 吸 to bo broken and having holes.
shang 尙 属荣允 i"s yet lair.
l^'ing 3^ 允 fair.
chih 至完稅 一 £15 as regards the question of
paying duty.
chiao 較 to compare; rather more than; than ((.-oinparative).
chUii 簡 to abr'ul^e ； to make short.
簡 便 convenient.
ju 如 所 稱 辧 理 to act as has been reported.
Document No. 72. [p. 125]
註
明 to explain as ； to state clearly.
Jc'uan
寬
broad ； wide ； breadth ； 、vidtli.
，o
俄
呢 Kussian cloth.
仿
like ； as ； to imitate.
仿
照 like ； as ； analogous with.
yuan 原 布 plain cotton cloth ； shirtings.
ho 核 加 to add; to calculate the additional
/h 月艮 to agree ； to be williug.
han 函 f 青核不 to apply for instructions by letter,
an 按 照 辧 理 to act accordingly.
ss'tl 嗣 hereafter ； afterwards.
to 多 徵稅銀 the duty overcharged ； an excess of
chih 職 office; used for "1:' in connexion with an official
title.
職道 I， the Taot'ai.
2)0 较 復 to argue against ； counter-argument.
chia 加 增 to add ； to increase.
yilii' 允 服 to ngree to ； to be willing.
tsc7if/ 增 改 新 例 additional and modified rules;
revised rules.
lit 錄 措 咨 呈 to submit a copy of.
■shm 甚 屬公允 it is vei'y fair ； it is very just.
ts'ung 從 前 formerly.
hsim 咸 豐 the period of the reign Hsien Ffiso (A.D.
1851-63).
k^uan 寬 長 broad and long ； dimensions ； size.
I^ai 改 爲 to change into.
y 窗 J 永 everlasting.
永 爲定式 to regard as a permanent standard.
i 異議 a different arrangement.
自 宜 must of course.
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yi 比 照 atiinviin;; "'； analogous to.
tcei 未 便 inconvenient.
/I'tDi^ 兩 歧 diverging; aiubi^^uous ； a double mode of
tlnilinji with li question.
mm;; 往來信 *f 1^ corresponilcnce excliangetl.
'', ； 5 出 K 若干 the excess in width or
U'M-th. [p. 126]
chi 折 to dciluct ； to calculate.
折 i§" to add to (in calculating).
折 t" calculate.
fAi *^|" ^ to caK-ulate and measure.
»hu 庶不致 ifk H! 镇 so as to avoid confusion.
chiao 接 confused.
1^ 掠 confusion ； a muddle.
ko cli:、riots and spears ； mixed ； confused.
ho 合行 W 文 to duly write a despatch.
sfii'ii 申 sra 査 M 行 to request (a superior) to
receive a ducuiuent tor action to be taken.
Document No. 73.
hstang 詳 稱 u> report.
tai 代 p]| 事 an acting Consul.
代 SI 頒事 ail acting Consul.
y't'i'i 55E J'j t'j have imported ； to be consignee for.
po 坡魂球 glass balls (used as paper weights).
ch'iu 球 a globe ； a ball.
]" 磘知。 know properly.
yiii(/ 應 否 Avhcthev or not it is necessary to.
應 否免稅 whether duty free or not.
shouff 商辦 to consider and act. [p. 127]
izO. 字樣 a phrase ； an expression ； the words " "
wei 唯 but.
yao ^ 料 (Irii^s ； medicines.
po 玻 璃器皿 glass vessels.
-mill 皿 porcelain or glass vessels (as cups, etc.).
tu 獨 alone ； only.
miii(/ 明 it is clear that ； this shows that.
chien 件 a classifier of documents.
ckHnff 淸 措 一 扣 a hir copy of a document.
^'ow 扣 a classifier of documents.
chao 照 章 according to regulations.
ch'u 出 具甘結 to sign a bond.
y"' 蜜 池 salt-cellars. [p. 128]
ck'ih 池 a tank ； a reservoir.
kiia 掛 ^ lanterns.
yang 洋 燭 foreign candles.
i 脑 fat over the stomach ； soap.
B 夷 子 soap.
pai 白 酒 white wine ； sherry.
hsing 行 知 to inform (an inferior) in a despatch.
chuan 轉 售 for siilc ； to further sell to others.
yil 予免稅 t'l p':int exemption from duty ； to pass
(goods) duty free.
li 理合 duly.
kuei 貴 道 you, the Taot'al.
sung 送去 to send away.
tz^il 此 致 this is what I wanted to address you with
(a concluding phiuae in letters).
此致順 頌升滅 while communicating to you
the above, allow iiie to express my best wishes,
etc. (a concluding phrase la letters).
sJmn 順 頌 accept my best wislies (a concluding phrase
in letters).
sung 頌 to praise ； homage.
sMng 升 to rise in office.
升 lilt [I wish you] promotion and happiness (a
coucluding phrase in letters).
chih 就 happiness.
ta 打 (-打 臣) a dozen {sec Document No. 17, p. 22).
pen 本 處 this place.
ting 定明 to settle ； to decide.
chuan 轉 to forward a request ； to further request.
sMh 是 g the very truth ； to be reiiUy true ； really
genuine.
fu 復 者 a reply ； in reply to your note I beg to
say. ' [p. 129]
chHnfj presently.
頃 接东函 I hEwe just received your note.
yen 估 禾亥稅 to assess duties according to value ；
to cbarge ad valorem duty.
此 頌升鎮 with best wishes ； \vith kind regards
(a concluding phrase in letters).
icd 爲 咨 言 音 事 in the matter of an official request
(introductory phrase to a despatch).
函商 核奪 to consider by correspondence and
decide.
jiVt 日 久 a long time smce.
仏 i 來 信 an incoming letter.
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ch'ien
前 年 the year before last. [p. 130]
ksicn
憲 禾 I* despatch oi' instmctious from the high
autliovities.
復 査 to re-examine.
ttng
寺 頸 fmdi articles ； etc.
diSt
p4 買 tor sale.
yilan
； IS ； because.
tnan
p|/f 美法 very dimcult ； decidedly climciut.
so
PJ\ theretore.
I iufj
定立 to frame (as a rule); to settle.
i
以不 in order to make known that.
有 別 there is a difference ； to be difierent.
chick
街 a street.
街 市 the market ； on the market.
chill. 究 after all ； tiually.
究 竟 really ； indeed ； after all ； even then.
c/t*(i 驟 then (denoting sequence). Cf. chi 卽， Docu-
ment No. 21, p. 46.
輒 即 then (denoting sequence) ； at once,
so 镇 petty ； troublesome.
鎮 層 trifling (or vexatious) business.
ksich ^ trifling ； troublesome.
chin 謹呈 to state respectfully.
ck'i/iff 請 煩查核 please trouble to examine and decide.
shih 示復筋 5S 施行 to issue instructions in reply-
to a despatch.
Document No. 74. [p. 131]
wen 文 a despatch ； a text; a passage in a text.
文內 in the despatch.
hsiang 詳 閱 to take careful notice of ； to read carefully.
yileh 閱 to inspect ； to peruse.
fa 法 文 the French text.
cJman 專 指 to specially refer to.
專 指 藥 料 而言 to refer to medicines.
tmui 斷 而不連 by no means connected with.
py 玻璃片 window glass.
chHcii 千里錢 telescopes.
ching |g a inin'or ； the lens of a telescope, microscope,
etc.
chno 照面 is mirrors.
Hao 料 s trass ； coloured glass.
料 珠 glass beads.
料 器 gla^^ware.
無出入 it causes no increase or decrease ； it i nukes
no diti'crence.
ch'u 出 人 to make :i ditl'erencc by c:msin"' an inorciuse
or ;i decrease. ，
j" 如所擬 as suggested.
i'hao 照 俊 to reply in a despatch.
ching
敬 respectful.
敬啓者 I respectfully inform you (introductory
plu-ase in letters).
fso
Bfe yesterday ； the other day.
chieh
接得 to have received.
tG
得 to get ； to obtain.
chih
致 to address (as a letter).
chil
局董 manager in a public company.
km
告 to inform.
fa
夭宗 a principal article (as amongst goods).
chiao
敏 少 rather little ； less than usual.
大 抵 on the whole ； generally speaking.
【 •
/y% IIOL ciloj tU , UliilLlUL LU.
tC (11/
Ufj 3 & to open \^pdL Ka^co ) lui eAUiiiiuiiLiuu,
開 復 細 to open (packages) for examination
and close agaiu.
系困 to bind ； to cord up.
sham (J
傷 損 to damage.
tOM
&延 t。 delay.
wci
畏 to fear.
lu
陸蓮 to forward by land.
chieh
節 a section in a composition ； the puragi-aphs of
an account ； a statement.
節： —紙 a statement of particulars.
Ho
暴 to abridge ； an abridged statement.
不論粗 細 irrespective of quality.
hiuifj 紅 花 fine cliinaware (at Kiukian.!.^ porcelain
■with red patterns).
Ian 藍 花 coarse chinaware (at Kiuldanj:, lit., porce-
laiii with blue ijuttenis).
tMii 探 to .spy ； to explore.
探 詢 to inquire.
hsiin 詢 to infiuire.
ncug 能 否 whether or not it is possible.
pien 變 to change.
變 通 for convenience sake; to accominorlate.
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tuti^ 通 to ln inL' about.
% Jtt W 商" 1 orJer to facilitate trade.
hsii its 商 U> facilitate tnitle.
yu 称 to enrich ； abiindance.
^ft 改 to benefit the revenue,
prt* 禅 W'neficial; to assist.
Pi S advantage ； profit.
shu 殊 tlistim'tion; (llfference.
chiao 較 多 nither much ； more than.
tru 無不公 bound to agree ； certainly not at variance
with.
yiiah 原 訂 originally fixed upon ； drafted.
to 多赛 quiintity.
hta 窓 few ； little.
ssil 似 ffi S it looks reasonable enough.
chiao 资 to unrlerstnnd ； to l>e aware of.
pu 不 fft 不 I'ound to; cannot help being.
jcn 忍 異 careful.
yf'i 察 to oxiiminc strictly.
fzft § 外 觀之 to look at from outside ； from a
superficial point of view.
w"' 內 inside ； ne:ir to (as near to a matter or having
a close knowledge of a matter).
shih 5!f Wl 有 損 in reality there is a loss.
chia 加 ； to be careful.
f、, 縛 to bind.
chin 緊 妥 fast and tight (as a package is bound).
fan 翻播 to mix up ； to muddle.
po 播 to disperse ； to scatter.
ajjain ； repeatedly.
chnufj 中途 on the road ； m route.
s】i 膨 J 傷 損 to be damaged.
tmi 您累 to involve in losses.
shctifj 生 涯 trade ； business.
ya 涯 a limit; a shore.
h$i 息 業 to put a stop to one's business.
jao 繞途 to make a cUtonr ； to depart from the proper
ro:ul.
jih 日旺 to prosper (as trade).
irang 旺 prosperous.
i 易 損 ，之 貨 damageable goods. Cf. i J^,
Dim unient No. 68, p. 1 20.
k^o 可不 *JJn eed not be ； may be dispensed
with.
pick 別 to distinguish.
i JtU 概論 to take the broad view of a luatter.
Jisiany 詳 分 to distinguish.
shaiiff '[^ commercial interests.
yu ^ ^ to benefit ； there is an advantage in. [p, 133]
chao 招 商分局 a branch office of the China Mer-
chants' Company.
2VII 勿諭 no matter whether.
Jcai 蓋 for ； because of.
ti 低 low ； to lower.
低税 to lower the duty.
fall 反 on the contrary.
ang 昂 high ； to raise.
局 税 to raise the duty.
shih 事 闘 則 a matter concerning the Treaty and
the Tariff".
chien 見 to see ； sometimes a sign of the passive; e.g., 見
疫. to be cured, to recover ； 見 復， to be replied
to, to receive a reply ； 見 示， to be instructed ；
'見 允， to be permitted,
見 商於有 釣各國 to be considered by the
Treaty Powers.
yiieh
約 國。 1' 有約國 a Treaty Power.
ting
訂局 to decide.
t'ung
統 all ； uniformly.
civil
擧 a matter ； an affair.
tzio
自 辦 之 事 matters to be managed by oneself.
雷
勿 須 niust not.
cldcn
減稅 to reduce the duty.
chih
liR but ； however.
erh
而 已 and no more (a final phrase) ； only ； merely.
1VU
無 事 no business to ； not necessary to.
ym
嚴 加逐察 to subject to strict and detailed
examination.
磁商 a trader in chinaware.
ming
明 訂 to clearly define.
Jcuan
關章 <a Customs regulation ； Customs regulations.
mien
免 傷損之 累 to avoid damage.
shmg
生 意 trade.
slmi
稅 飽 duties ； the revenue.
hsianrj
銷 taxes ； duties. •
sui
隨 之日起 to increase day by day.
chieh
藉 to avail oneself of ； to make a pretext of.
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(7(" 具有 天良者 tViink-hearted, honest people.
天 良 heaven's goodness ； the good nature inherent
in man.
licing 良 good; goodness. ,
盡 to exhaust ； all ； wholly.
維 to think ； to consider.
與國 有關 to concern the Imperial revenue.
關 to concern.
yii 與 商 '[if 驚 to be connected with commercial
interests.
y u fiJc a relative pronoun, i.q., so (所 )； commonly used
in phrases like yu-chi (f[{|[ 擊) or yn-huau ({jj^ 關)，
"that which coucem.s."
hsi 係 ( = 關 係) to be connecteLl with ； to be the
essence of.
m" 民 生 life, or maintenance, of the people.
ckuncj 中堂 a Chung-t'ang (title of a Minister of State).
ts'ai 裁奪 to decide.
chien 鑒 韓 貝 g 敎爲禱 I shall be tbaukful if you
、vill consider the matter and let me know yoiir
opinion.
tzUt 賜 敎 to bestow instruction; to communicate one's
0 pill ion.
ch iao 敎 to teach ； instruction.
tao 禱 to pray.
iz^ii 此佈 I beg to inform you (of tlie above).
chiin 釣 安不— with, many kind inquiries (a con-
cluding phrase in letters).
ming 名另具 "the name is separately furnished " (a
concluding phrase in letters, meaning that one's
card Is enclosed).
chiang 江 蘇 the province of Kiangsu. [p. 134]
jih 曰 形 fluctuations.
tuan 短少 to be curtaOed ； to decrease.
yiia'fi 原 包 original package.
chi 稽 時 to detain ； to delay.
i 易破碎 easy to break ； breakable.
jt'/i 粗 爲 IH to recognise coarse as fine.
cilia 力 II 以重罰 to inflict a heavy punishment ； to
punish severely. Cf. i J^, Document No. 29,
P- 58.
hi 敌 causing ； therefore.
ko 各商 the merchants ； all the merchants.
wei 畏途 to fear the road ； to avoid the transport of
goods from fear of difficulties.
Iian 函件 a letter ； letters. Cf. ss& 絲 斤， Document
No. 18， p. 28.
附閱 to learn from an enclosure (in u letter).
y— 應 in 何 0 勺量 in what manner it is to be settled,
j" 如 何 how i in what
變 通 to alter.
2)" 俾 so tluit ； so as to.
俾 裙課恤 商 so as to benefit the revenue and
proiiiolc ruiuiiierco.
兩有 1$ to bo of advimta^e in both respects.
i(ai 台端 a term of respect : you.
ts(S 拆驗 to open for exixuiinatiou.
《'ai 太 嚴 too strict ； over-strict.
chnttf/ 衆 商 ； til the merchants ； the mercantile community.
裹 to wrap up ； to fetter.
裹足 to impede ； to fetter.
chien 減 色 to diminish ； to decrease.
lisiang 相 mutual ； to assist ； to watch the time for.
相機 to seize ； m opportuuity.
^ i ^冀 IS 課恤商 in order that revenue and
couimercuil intere:>ts may be benefited.
chi 冀 to hope.
扯 to pull apart ； to tear jiway.
扯 手 to strike an average,
/im 反 昂 very high ； exorbitant (as in price).
hsiin 商 to inquire into ； to ask.
chu 諸 多 yen' many ； all the many
chih 宣 碍 difficulty.
hsiln Jigj really.
chHleh 確 諭 true ； really.
ts^eng 層 an item ； a paragraph.
jeng 仍 舊 as before ； as of old.
2)'infj S§ 商 人報明 to rely on {i.e., to accept) the
merchant's declaration.
mien 免拆驗 to exempt (packages) from opening for
exaiuiuation (of goods).
km 過寬 too lenient ； to go too far in being lenient.
¥0 可 期漸旺 one may hope for a gradual rise.
cUn 掛 酉勺 適 中》 論 to consult about a middle
course 厂 to strike an average.
chi 稽 延 to delay.
p'o 破 $ 員 breakage ； i.e., the loss caused by breaking.
篇 誤罰 to punish in error.
ch'u 除 to do away with.
tzH 自 必 must of course ； bound to.
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U 樓 to ho ylad ； joyous,
jih 0 i9 to i Demise (day by day).
t jy 防 in order to guard against
cAiVi 夾: t') carry clandestinely ； to smuggle.
tzli Q j{J one's own declaration ； to declare oneself.
jtng 仍 fjj as heretofore.
ts'i 拆 開 to open (as packages for examination).
hsi 細驗 to examine in detail.
rh^tin § all ； tliey all.
fhua" 專属 to belong to especially ； to specially refer to.
tfitfiff 宗 kind ； description ； class.
拨以； ^例 to quote [ii fact] as a precedent so
us to constitute :i rule.
hstai 先行 試勤卞 to luil into operation as a provisional
measure.
，'h'ti"g ^ jl[ {[0 辦 to manage matters permanently in
this iiKiuuer.
tHng 停止 to stop ； to abolish (as a practice).
1 意 夕卜 unexpected ； unforeseen. [p. 135]
!iu 流弊 a standing nuisance.
rhian 轉 to convey ； to bring on (as loss),
yii 有 J® to entail loss.
chii 據 i^. nj to make an accurate report.
tza 咨商 to consult by correspondence.
ho 合亟 with the proper despatch.
Document No. 76.
jnng 1 稱 to report (to a superior).
jjw 不合 it is not convenient.
fs'un 存 接 to keep in store.
tai 待 to wait.
待價 to wait for prices [to rise]; to watch the
market
hsia 下人 to ship (by such and such a vessel).
ts'un 存關 to file in the Customs archives.
婦 無 涉 not connected 、vUli ； to have nothing to do
with.
ch'ien 前稅司 the former Commissioner of Customs.
tai 代 其 on his behalf ； for him (them, etc.).
chii 據 1 [靑 according to the circumstances.
kou 候示 to await a reply or a decision.
[p. 136]
7iei 內 云 it is said therein ； in which, it is said.
yun 云 to say.
ail 案 內情形 tlie particular circumstances of the
case.
米 穀 gi-ain,
yu 尤 furthermore; still more.
po 撥 貨船隻 cargo-boats.
hsianfj 相 同 the same as ； analogous with.
nei 內外 土產 native and foreign produce.
pu 不分何 處進口 without distinguishmg the
place of importation.
i 一律 uniformly.
chao 照 依 according to.
yUn 云 云 used in quotations when, for the sake of
brevity, the tenor of a document is either wholly
or partially omitted ； "etc., etc." Cf. tcnff 等 因，
Document No. 26, p. 55.
a7i 按此倉 P 知 it may be known therefrom.
chao 照銅 錢一律 in conformity with [the rule re-
garding] copper cash.
chuan 專 謂 to specially refer to.
yu 有 涉 to be connected with.
龍 無 千 not affecting ； to have nothing to do with.
chien 閱 to examine.
yancf 洋 米 foreign rice.
pi<to 標 明 to endorse.
i 依 within a prescribed limit of time.
chi 喪 to give ； to send.
蹇回 to send back.
i 已 逾兩年 having exceeded [the time] of two
years.
yin 印 信 a seal.
hsin 信 ji seal (as a sign of belief or trust).
chHm 前 稅 the duty [paid] previously.
chan f 占 to paste on.
？ 占開款 目 the items pasted on or annexed.
i —併 the same time.
chi 紛與 to issue ； to grant.
fu 伏乞 to respectfully request. [p. 137]
ch'i 乞 to beg ； to request.
chili jfig to respect ； respectfully ； as a conjunction, only,
but.
15 遵 to respectfully obey ； for one's respectful
guidance,
i 以 （= 自） from.
以 此口運 至彼口 to 丽 e from one port to
another.
^in 本 商 the merchant concerned (in a matter).
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t'ung 同商 a fellow-merchant.
lien 聯 to connect.
聯 名 to conjointly sign.
chii 具 呈保單 to sign a guarantee.
2)(to 保單 a guarantee ； a bond.
chieh 結 實 firm ； durable ； lasting.
結實 信據 a material guarantee.
tshing 從給 li? 、之 日起 to date from date of issue (of
a certilicate)-
chi 紛照 to grant a certificate.
wei 唯 excepting; but.
kao 毫 a Lair ； a trifle.
毫無 I 走霞 there is not the slightest doubt. Cf.
jnng 並 未， Document No. 28, p. 57.
ling 領 照 to issue a certificate.
Iisi 迄 今 up to the present.
i 巳一年 after the lapse of a year.
巳兩 載之久 after the lapse of two years.
hu 忽 unexpectedly ； suddenly. •
[p. 138]
shu 殊 属費解 this is really not to be understood.
fei 費 解 not intelligible.
chieh 解 to explain ； to understaud.
to 多 特 a long time.
tzU 自 當 must of course.
k'orc 扣 If to deduct.
fon 反 but ； on the contrary.
ch'im 前 後 before and after.
hsiian 憑 to suspend ； unlike.
憑 殊 very unlike ； quite different.
nan 難 容 inexcusable ； unendurable ； incompatible.
jting 容 to endure ； to tolerate.
hu 互異 to disagree.
2nng 襄 批 to decide in reply to a petition.
hswi 迅 speedily.
t^o 妥 速 safely and expeditiously.
wan 完 結 to finish ； to conclude.
chi 極 爲明悉 it is extremely clear.
kai 蕴有 l^P 信 to contain the seal of
hsim 顯 obviously.
chia 加 签印信 to seal and enclose in an envelope.
chHung 迴 不相符 in entire disagreement with. Cf.
chHung 迴， Document No. 68, p. 120.
Document No. 77. [p. 139]
shm 申覆 to reply (to a superior).
梁 a beam.
梁 木 beams (timber).
Mo 方
方 圓 square and round ； size (of timber).
yuan 圓 round,
lieh 列 稅 則 enumerated in the Tariff.
shang
商
情 commercial interests.
頗
rather ； very ； extremely.
颇
願 to eagerly wish for.
定 certainly ； at all events.
2m
不
易 unch;inn;e(l ； unchangeable.
不
易之規 :in unchangeable rule.
Icuei
栽
rule ； usage.
預
to prepare ； beforehand.
預
爲 簿 言 1' to calculiite beforehand.
ck'ou
籌
to calculate.
籌
計 to calculate.
pen
本
original fund ； capital.
本 禾! I the interest on capital ； profit in traclo.
本利 之盈魅 increase and decrease in profit.
ying 盈 to be full ； overflowing ； increase ； gaiu.
jao 鏡 to indulge ； to be liberal.
饒舌 to indulge one's tongue ； to wrangle ； to
dispute.
ski 舌 the tongue.
yuan 圓梁木 round beams.
圓 徑 the diameter (of a circle).
chmg 徑 a diameter ； a straight line across.
fang 方 徑 the measurement of a square body (as square
beams).
¥an 堪 to be able.
堪以 to be fit for. Cf. i J^, Document No. 68,
p. 120.
； pi 比 例 to refer to a rule by way of analogy ； to
treat analogously.
Mn 根 a classifier of wood beams, etc.
cJH 其外 另 有他商 besides him there are other
merchants.
yil 於商 人有便 it is a convenience to merchants.
於稅. f 向無 甚出人 it makes no gveat differ-
ence in the roveiuie.
chao 照所 I 胄 as requested.
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frj f5 ^ still according to the old rule.
jy J|fj- 界 p 及 in order to have a clearly defined
limit.
chi
* &
t.> a.Mri'ss to (as a despatch). [p. 140]
mi
Jlfl ^ ^ in the matter of a reply.
hi
to hire.
u
JU to hire ； to charter (as a ship).
lai
來
省 to come to the provincial capital.
hiwj
公
同 conjointly.
ITOH
完
歧 to complete ； to bring to an end.
chiiii
to complete ； to finish.
l-i
to bring forward ； to mention.
m
及 to mention ； to refer to.
chi
及
to extend to ； to concern.
an
案
內 in the case.
預
爲詳訂 to provide for a clear understanding.
hsiang 詳 訂 to clearly define.
mai 逮 當 (in imitation of the French sound " metre ")
a uit-trc ； metres.
mi '银 理 當 (in imitation of the French sound
** juilliniutre *') a millimetre ； uiillimetres.
ming 明示 to give clear instructions to.
hmn 詢請 to inquire about and request (that a matter
he done).
m 速 爲辦理 to manage with despatch.
cho 酌 復 to reply on being consulted.
JHU 木 植 timber.
chih plants ； trees.
^« 大項 principal kinds.
，r" 梳 木 masts or spars (timber).
2^ 総 板 木 planks (timber).
^'uati 宽 厚 breadth and thickness.
f^n 分 雜爲板 to saw into planks.
rhii ^ a saw ； to saw.
chiu 究 at last ； finally,
四 方若千 the circumference (in timber measure-
ment). .
r/u'f^ 截 to cut asunder.
ilS 爲梁 to cut into beams.
fin 分 H 祈淸楚 to clearly distinguish.
晰 explicit; clear.
^h'hig 淸 楚 clear; distinct.
''h(it 楚 distinct ； well defined.
ah ih 適 to suit ； to accord with.
ko 各適其 用者 each accords with (or is adapted
to) the use (to which it is put).
ft /Iff 定 親 a fixed rule.
i 易 剖 別 easy to distinguish.
p'(m 剖 to split asunder ； to lay open.
剖 別 to distinguish.
ch'icn 牵 to drag ； to implicate.
牵混 to create confusion.
chin 僅 only ； barely.
cku 注 to record ； to comment on.
注 明 to comment upon ； to state.
2)i 較 to compare with ； when compared with ； 】iiay
be compared with.
yiian 圓梁木 round beams ； beams other than square.
htn 輸 a wheel ； round.
輸 角稍闘 having rounded corners and rather
broad surfaces.
yiian 圓徑 作爲方 徑 to convert round measure into
square measure (as of timber).
[p. 141]
i 易 於相符 easy to agree ； handy for calculation.
易 於核算 easy to calculate.
ch'u 初 原 from the outset ； at first,
龍 無 非 cannot but; boimd to.
《 義 meaning ； principle.
骸 備 to be contained in : to be provided for.
&h ^ at least ； only (restrictive particle at the close of
sentences).
ho 何 故 for what reason ？ why ？
蓋 因 the reason, generally, is that
溯 to look back (as to a period of time).
tzil 自通 商征税 以 來 ever since duties have
been levied on foreign trade.
i . 已逾 十有餘 年之久 more than lo years
siiiue.
2/" 有 餘 more than.
tsao 早 晚 between morning and night ； within short
intervals (as daily tiuctuations).
chnng 重 輕 heavy and light ； either heavy or light ；
whereas chHng-ch-ung {f^ 3]) usually lueans
" weight " as a neutral term,
hsiang 相 若 similar; alike.
tsai 在置貨 flt at the time of buying goods.
—定 不易 fixed ； not changeable.
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比 擬 to treat analogously.
chih 値 百抽五 five per cent, ad valorem,
chich 藉口 to make a pretext.
Document No, 78. [p. 142]
'■hcng 正 月 the first month of the year.
rnai 買 到 to have imported.
rhiian 轉寶 to re-sell ； to further sell to other parties.
shCng 省 jnj the river tit the provincial capital.
Icti 來 控 to lodge a complaint.
fs'w'i 存庫 to keep on deposit (as funds paid into a
treasury).
F'^ 被 風 收 D to put into a port for shelter.
收 (3 to put into a port (as a vessel in distress).
huai 船 a wreck ； a vessel damaged in distress.
<s'e 拆 毀 to break up (as a vessel),
mw 木 料 materials (as of a ship).
i —案 with regard to (such and such) a case ； re.
chHny 情 節 particulars, details.
han 函致 to send a letter to.
t^i'ig 聽 候 to await (as a decision).
ck'iicm 全 案 the complete (records of a) case.
ling 另 換船載 to transfer (cargo) to another vessel.
^ 必欲 to want.
t'ui 退還 to return.
ht 路 過 on the road ； en route,
yin 因風收 tU to put into a port in distress.
ch (霍 u 船身 a ship's liull.
tiutn 斷 難 decidedly difficult ； impossible.
chia 駕 to sit (as in a carriage).
駕 験 to sail.
pan 搬 to move ； to transfer ； to tranship.
shou 收 納 to collect (as duties).
shao 稍 有課會 there is a slight misapprehension.
wu 談會 to misapprehend, ； a mistake.
ssH jj^ 覺 it seems as if it may be considered ； it might
be thought.
pHng 平 允 just ； fair.
suaji 算 除 to de luct in an account.
i 以完 ilb 案 ^ order to close this case.
hsint/ 行文 to write to.
cVrt 査 照 辦 理 to act accordingly. [p. 143〗
^tsun 循 照 （二按 照） iu accordance with.
tz'H 此 锌案件 such cases.
■ 務 須 must.
^ 重稅課 in order to show due respect to re-
venue interests.
Document No. 79.
huo 貨船； I merchant vessel.
''^ei 未領紅 單之先 before the issue of the port
clearance. Note the use of the negation mi (^c).
fs'ao 遭 to meet.
遭風 to meet with a storm ； to be in distress.
ch'ao '潮 ')]] the prefecture of Ch'ao-chou, near Swatow.
chimifj 装 滿货物 full of cargo (as a vessel),
u'ei 未 曾 not having; without having.
離 to go from ； to part ； to leave.
離開 to leave (a place) ； to start from.
離 馬 頭 to leave the jetty.
fmi 载 在撥船 to be placed on board a cargo-boat
yil 3l in ； at.
skill 失落 to drop and lose (as goods dropping into the
sea). [p. 144]
chuanfj 裝載 于撥船 to be placed on board ii cargo-
boat.
shou 受 潮 濕 to become damp (as goods on board ship).
dt'ao 潮 濕 damp.
shih 濕 damp ； wet.
chia 價低減 the price is falling.
li 立 此專條 to draw up this special rule.
i 擬 定辦法 to propose a fixed mode of procedure.
mai 賈保險 to take out an insurance policy.
pao 保 to protect.
保險 to protect against danger ； to insure against
(as tire, marine accident, etc.) ； insurance.
hs'im 險 danger ； risk.
i 意外 unexpected.
意 外之虞 unexpected dangers.
fanfj 防不 勝 B 方 to take protective measures against
what cannot be protected ； said if there is no
help against running risks.
sMng 勝 to be able to ； axleqiuite to.
勝防 to be able to ward off ； to protect.
chia 加意 to take special care.
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fan
cha
chit
防 jj£ lo take protective measures.
jJ5 a rule ； a pattern.
舆 否 or not.
faS 多 vory many.
以免 lif 理两歧 to avoid divergency (incon-
sisU'noy) of action.
毋須遽 IS 訂章 you must not make regula-
tions in a hurry.
述 hurried ； hixsty.
逮 m to decide hastily.
fan
hi
hu
hi
pu
chhtan
i'ung
chc
yen
thing
Ian
shell
hsi
chcn
hsi
li
hu
Document No. 80.
[P. 145]
15 )i5 tn traffic ； to forward (goods).
古 $0 器 old copperware. •
古 玩 curiosities.
^部稅 則 the Customs Tariff issued by the
Bounl of Kevenue, in force at the Native Custom
Houses.
^ ho 読 hold; population.
^ 部 the Board of Revenue.
估 value ； to Viilue.
铺交 to pay afterwards (what should have been
paid before).
串 to connect ； to string together.
串 通 to combine (as for an illegal act).
鲖 科 器 copper material and articles ； unmanu-
factured copper and copperware.
折中 to strike an average ； average.
廣 spurious.
麼製 to imitate ； to counterfeit.
景 赛藍" ChiDg-t*ai-lan," a celebrated mark for
old copperware ； cloisonne of the Ching-t'ai period
(A.D. I450-57)-
藍 （ = 法藍 跳 or 瑶镇 fa-lang) cloisonne
or enamelled ware.
甚 稀 very rarely.
稀 few ； rare.
珍 爱 to be fond of (as a curiosity, jewel, etc.).
^ 少 very little ； very rare.
杜勾串 in order to prevent fraudulent com-
binations.
避就 to shirk [one thing] and take [to another].
有 當 there is necessity for.
理 合 duly.
估徵 to charge duty ail mloreni.
ck'iian
chiUi/i
ssit
kuo
k'ai
chih
hsien
ta
>
ck'iieh
wan
tincf
ch'S
cJiou
tsai
s/m
wai
pang
cilia
chung
chiang
tmg
km
an
shcni
chin
k'ai
sMmj
全 卷照 錄 to make a copy of all the documents
of a case.
卷 a record ； a document.
附 to append ； to enclose.
附呈杪 案淸措 to append a fair copy of the
correspondeuce in a. case.
以杜 避重就 之弊 t。 prevent shirking
the heavy and taking to the light, i.e., substituting
the easy for the onerous.
[p. 146]
俟 再 to wait till and then
以 符舊制 ill order to agree with the old rule.
Document No. 81.
過載 to tranship.
過 载輪船 to tranship to a steamer.
開 行最速 to start in a great hurry (as a ship).
至 多 very many ； very frequently.
Jl;^ 三 日 within three days' time.
大 半 the greater half; mostly.
付 搭便船 to charter a convenient ship,
ill but.
萬 ― one in ten thousand ； perhaps.
定限 a fixed limit of time.
擎 to drag ； to pull.
掣 §j* lif" "to pull elbows," i.e., to hinder ； to
embarrass.
財 the elbow.
再四熟 思 to consider ripely ； to think twice
before acting.
熟 思 to consider ripely.
外 邦 foreign countries.
邦 a kingdom.
假 道 the indirect road ；
reason or other.
making a detour for some
中 華 China; CMnese.
港 口 ports ； harbours.
登 岸 to come on shore ； to land.
過船 之准單 a permit to tranship.
按 P 总 within the limit (of time).
受罰 to be fined ； to be punished.
究 in the end ； at the utmost.
開偷 准單 a permit to break bulk,
生 流 弊 to result in a standing nuisance.
[p. 147]
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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《 以 便照辦 in order to act accordingly.
ch'a 査閱 to note ； to examine and take note of.
^hang 尙詳 1^ clear and satisfactory enough.
t'-i^cng 層 an item ； a question or subject matter.
ts'" 最 關緊要 most important in connexion with
(this subject).
" 鱧拜 a week.
" 體 察情形 to investigate the circumstances.
('o 妥定 to settle satisfactorily.
^■'hih 至遲 at the latest; not later than.
ynch 約 外 not in the Treaty ； not provided for by the
Treaty.
t'h' i 起 見 to conceive an opinion.
chuh 借 端滋弊 to mate a pretext of a matter for
creating trouble.
Document No. 82. [p. 148]
辦 墨西哥 國 mo-hsi-ko ) Mexico.
hshi 葡 j§ newly made.
hui 會同' 1^ 明 to examine conjointly.
yen 驗明 to examine.
ch^eiig 成 色 per-centage or proportion of pure metal in an
alloy.
hsich 胃 to write.
寫 立憑單 to draw up a certificate.
同前因 to the former effect; to the same effect.
ho 蔡 to verify.
y<in(f 洋 銀 foreign silver (as Mexican dollars).
補足 to pay for difference in standard of silver.
折交 to pay in proportion with
hsrn 新 製 newly made.
hui 會驗 to examine conjointly.
tsu 足紋 （= 足色 紋銀） full standard silver;
pure sycee.
wm 紋 水 the difference or fluctuation in the price of
sycee silver.
tsu 足 敷 enough ； sufficient.
cfb'eng 成 a tenth ； tenths.
ying 魔 an eagle.
魔 銀 eagle money ； Mexican dollars.
pit 不 足 not enough ； insufficient.
U 樂用 to gladly use ； to like using.
y" 銀局！ I Bank.
鎮 舞 to dance ； to fence.
舞弊 to wink at a malpractice.
乇 以 lo use ； with ； by means of.
jy 官濟私 to further one's private ends by
means of official resources.
以假 t 接： PS to mix up truth with f;ilschood ； to
lululterate.
不便 於民 inconvenient to the public.
diHawj 强 to force.
强 輸宫稅 to he forced lo pay Government
duties in u certain coin : to be obligatory as a
kgal tender in payment of duties.
i 以期無 碍稅銷 in oiYler that no difficulties
may ； irise to the revenue.
shun 順 舆 情 to please public opinion ； to act in accord-
ance with public interests.
yio 舆 the earth ； the public.
chHen 前 因 the afore-mentioned. [p. 149]
chu 禱 to cast (as coins).
hsm 新 式洋錢 a new pattern foreign coin.
hsi 希 請 to request ； to beg to request.
ch'in 親 a relative.
親 王 au Imperial prince of the ist order.
chieh 接 准 to receive.
shih 實 在 real ； really.
ch'cnrj 成 色若先 the touch (of silver).
shing 省 城 the provincial capital.
pu 部 堂 official designation of a President of a Board ；
as such the title of a Governor General.
pi 敝 mean ； poor; a respectful term for uiy, mine,
our, ours,
shu 屬官 a subordinate officer.
chien 監 inspect.
監視 to superintend an act in one's own pre-
sence.
shih 視 to see.
jii7ig 党 to melt and weigh ； to ascertain the touch
(of silver).
chHn(/ 傾化 to assay.
hna, 化 to change.
ho 廢定 to ascertain.
chiao 較多 幾至一 兀有 半： in overplus of up to
$1^ against (the object compared preceding
with yii 與). [P. 150]
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附 to forward as un enclosure (in n letter or
iK-> patch}.
Wiu" \ J 占 forward as an enclosure,
ch'i 新 to ix'quest.
pu 铺用 I'luployetl as a supernumerary.
chili 知 府 a prefect.
kuang 廣祖 a departmental grain-collector at Can-
ton.
yiieh 海關部 official designation of the Haikwan
or Iloppo of Canton.
yinff 逸 大使 an assistant treasurer; a treasury
' * keeper (sue Mayers' " The Chinese Government,"
No. 297).
ia 夭使 a sub-coiumissioner (e.g., in the Provincial
Treasurer's, or the Salt Commissioner's yamen).
(sc 特 specially.
特據 to select ； to appoint,
/a" 緒 to tmnslate.
總 譯 宫 an officiiil interpreter.
i'u 库 <^ an assistant treasurer in tlu' Pi、oviiici:il
Treasury, i.q -、 yinff 库大使 ( q. v.J, of which
it is the abreviated ollicial I'oi m.
huan 關 部 official designation of the Hoppo at Canton.
ticii 店 a commercial establislinicnt ； a shop.
hsin 新 出 newly issued.
2/1" 銀 員 dollars.
to'tjy 當面 in one's presence.
shift 試 愁 to examine ； to test.
^ 核定 to ascertain,
s/n7t 事 由 circumstances ； particulars.
hsianff 詳 細 to report in detail.
P'i»fJ 年免 to weigh.
p'ei 配 to mate ； to pair.
配 §8" to mix M-ith lead.
t'vriff 同 重 an equal weight ； the same weight.
ji^nff |§ If to melt.
i^i 提 淨 to extract the pure metal from an alloy.
海 fsH 紋 銀 Haikwan sycee.
juny i§ 化 to melt,
/io 蔡對 to compare.
ycH § ^試事 由 the results of an examination.
shin 伸 (.'<iual to ； worth.
h'o 鍋 a pan. [p. 151]
ti 底 the bottom ； at the bottom of.
hao 耗 Avaste.
耗阜 5 级 wa^te sih er.
lien 連 to connect ； together with ； and.
chHng 輕 耗 loss in weight ； under-weight.
sMn 伸 得 to be equal to ； to be 、vorth.
li 立憑單 to dniw up a certificate.
wd 爲 IS in mtness thereof; as a voucher.
chi 計 核 to calculate.
ti 抵 to consider as equivalent.
p'ing 憑 碼 均 行 to ascertain the value (as of silver)
nccdi'ding to weight.
han 漢 jJC Cliinese writing ； in Chinese.
ying 英 文 English ■writing ； in English.
t^ung 通 a classifier of documents.
hnang 廣 州 省 城 the city of Canton.
shu 署 內 in the yamen ； in the office.
liang 兩 廣 the Two Kwang provinces (Kwangtung and
Kwangsi).
yiieh 粤 省 the Canton province,
yin 鈸局 a mint.
c¥ciifj 成 to make ； made of.
ivei 委員 to depute officers ； a deputy.
i m 便輸銷 in order to facilitate the payment of
duties.
t'uuff 通 用 in, or for, general use; used by all.
2^c7i 本部堂 I， the Governor General.
hou 候 铺 "expectant " (as an Expectant Taot(ai).
tzti 咨商 to deliberate ； to consult by letter.
yen 眼 同 conjointly and before one's eyes. [p. 152]
yifi 叙 匠 experts in melting silver.
jih 日 行通用 ill daily and general use.
i <y 便商民 ill order to accommodate merchants.
yeh 業經 a sign of the past : lias, have.
tei" 棍 a stick ； a knave.
棍 徒 shai-pers ； villains ； mauvais sujets.
t'u 徒 a foot-soldier ； a follower ； a rowdy.
chico 假 造 to counterfeit.
inc 不樂 於使用 to dislike using.
'i"ch §呈 造 to counterfeit.
他 敌 other reasons.
chHang 强 制 to enforce a rule ； to force a rule upon.
lii 必 用 to be obliged to use ； to be bound to use.
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istt
ch ill
shang
chi
ch ih
fan
phi
chia
mai
chi
ho
ncng
mai
chia
U
chStan
shou
diM
h'uan
chew
shou
fei
ta
Uang
顧 to look ； to consider ； to care for.
顧盧 to consider.
預 爲言明 to declare clearly beforehand.
Document No. 83. [p. 153]
祖 展 to hire ； to charter (as a ship).
仿 造 to imitate ； i pattern ； to construct according
to a pattern.
現 已 of tlie perfect tense) now have, has, etc.
滞 礙 to impede ； difficulty.
商 _P merchants.
Jlj to cut ； to cut blocks for pi'intin^r : to print.
刊 本 to print (on blocks) in pamphlet or book
slinpe.
it 抄 單査件 copy of one document " annexed
hereto.
量 用
purchase and
to buy for one's own
領 W. to hand to; to issue to.
單 契脾照 permits (or licenses), bonds, and
(sliijV.s) certificates.
脾 照 a ship's certificate of registry.
本 A. the person concerned.
假 借 to be the wroiio; one ； to be a .substitute (ami
not the proper person) ； to personate another.
買 准 單 a license for buying a ship.
籍 賞 the origin (or parentage) and birthplace of
a person.
承 買 to contract for purchase.
合 式 npcnrrling to pattern ； in due shape.
能出海 ；! 甚 用之船 a seaworthy ship.
寶 主 the seller. Cf. mai 買 主， p. i55-
假 冒借名 to personate another. [p. 154]
立據 to draw up a certificate.
船契 fi ship's certificate of sale.
收 領 to receive ； [to deliver] into the hands of.
查 銷 to cancel.
寬闊 若干酾 數若干 a ship's measurement
； mil tonnage.
照 to fill in (as in a document).
收 執 to receive and keep (as a certificate).
費 銀 expenses ； a fee.
大 書 in large characters ； large writings.
兩旁 on both sides.
2)n
ch i '(
hill
chi I'
Ihi
to
ti
¥o
v;}'
she
t'ieu
ka i
kuci
an
ku
Itul
shnit,
liao
pieh
tat
mai
ho
hsith
huan
Vie II
tsao
pi
k'an
¥(U
ssff.
ch ill
ifi 失 to lose.
铺 領 to issue anew (as :i document lost).
铺 I: 牌 照 to apply foi- a new certificate (if
ui:istry (to ri'[)l;u-t.' one lost).
救出 to sixxQ (out of other property destroyed).
II 匿干咎 to be "niiltv of concealing (e.g., a
document to be delivered;.
千 to oft end.
千咎 to be ^^uilty.
咎 evil ； criminal.
1^ a cToss-beani ； hatcli-coinbings (of a ship).
亥!] to engrave.
刻 明 to erifjrave le;'ibly.
買 船 契 a certificate of purdmse of a ship.
is 未 淸 puwnoil Mild not rodeemod.
客 商 :i mercliant.
無 涉 not concenuMl in.
涉 to lie conconied in ； to be implicated in.
添 l£ to fill in.
改註底 if^ to change an entry in the original
books.
以壹百 分爲算 t。 (livulo int" lOo p:ut< oi
shares.
歸 某 人 to b el 011；^ to such and such :i person.
按 股 分 accordiiiLi; to share.
股 a hIv.uv in :i concern ； a lot.
會館 a guild ； a public company. [p. 155]
首 事 the leading man ； the cliairman of a company.
料 理 to manage.
別 華 商 another Chinese merchant.
帶同 to take with oneself.
買 主 the purchaser. Cf. mai 寶 主- V- '53-
核 准 to consider the permittance ； to perniit.
寫 立寶契 to flraw up a deed of sale.
換 領 新 脾 to exchange against a new certiticate.
壞註英 文 to fill in the English (version).
造 舟 5 准 P^i'wit or license for building a >hip.
畢 to finish.
勘量 to sun'ey (as a ship).
開 具淸單 to dra、v up an official statement of
私 赴沿海 別 口 to clandestinely resort to
other port (viz., ;i non-Treaty port) on tlie coast.
進泊 to enter (:i port) and anclior.
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tui 内 地 湖 ijij 口 iiilaml lake an«l river ports.
chih 致 有 so tliat there is; so us to; rosulting in.
p'cntj {Jl ^ collision and damage ； to receive damage
tVoin collision.
cAVn*/ 呈存 to ilolivcr for safe custotly.
ho 何 at wimt plrtco ？
po 泊舶 to anchor a ship.
'•''1' 〃？ 呈具、 * 艮舉 to iiKike 11 written declaration ； to
M'lM in ii *leclanition.
y' " 分 ！ \^ 'm voyMu'^ to categories.
kuan 资 船夥長 the first mate ol aship.
hno 夥； A chief mate ; a senior partner.
i 易知 to easily understand ； to easily learn.
/a 法 度 regulations ； ways.
[p. 156]
hou to receive ； soiiieliincs a sign of the passive.
受 M to be hired, engaged, etc. (as an employe).
'•h'vufj 支 JfJ 工 to act as master of a ship.
人 "<io 考驗 to examine (us a candidate).
/•" 展定 to settle about an engagement ； to hire; to
t'u;^age (as an employ^).
ho 何 0 人 of what nationality ？
何姓名 of what name ？
fzUX 辭 to decline ； to refuse.
辭工 to leave one's work ； to come off duty.
knei 規 矩 custom ； usage.
fhii 矩 rule; usage.
Wti f£ to record.
IE 事 簿 a log-book.
' hiny 經 過之事 the ovents that have happened.
minff 名單 a nmstcr roll,
nicH 年 歲 the age of a man.
kunfj 工 Hi
fhHiH'j 充 水 手 to act as ； I .sailor.
'at 帶赴 頭事宫 to take [a man] to the Consul.
T^t 不 法 unnily.
k'ttn 猫 押 to bind and lock up ； to put in irons.
H-et to offend af;:iinst.
Document No. 84. [p. 157]
yinfj 英 f^, 兩 Ijoth British and German merchants.
hu 互 異 different from each other.
'lo 澳 :i Imy.
澳 門 Macao.
fi i 3^ 通商口 岸華船 II Chinese vessel not [regis-
tered at] ;i Treaty port.
yd 與 《崽 國無涉 it lias nothing to do with Ger-
many.
ckao #g 商 船 局 tlic (.'lima .^lercliMUts' Steajii Navi-
•ration Company.
i 巳有 地方宫 紛渾船 照. tl'c !"eal authori-
tit's haciiKj if^sut'il ； t r-hip a oertiticate.
2)u 不 無宣碍 cannot avoid difficulties ； bound to
lie attended l>y difficulties.
yen 沿 'J 每 各 處 the places on the sea-coast, [p. 158]
liu 琉 球 (liu'chSn) the Lu-chu Islands.
Vung 通行出 tJ 口 to traffic inM'artls and outwards
at A port.
shn 殊 方》 華商生 It 宣 碍 to materially interfere
with the " bread anil buttei'" of Chinese mer-
chants.
shcng 生 計 to ^^et a living; a livelihood.
shui 稅 額 a. fixed 議 (腿 t of revenue to be collected.
chih 窒?、 ；難行 difficult to be carried out.
jcn 任 從英商 at the pleasure of British merchants,
ch'a 查 出 it comes out ； it is brought home to one.
t 襲 走私 ii 稅 to smuggle.
t'inff 艇 a small boat.
y&n 沿 江 along the river ； on the river.
tso 作 証 to act as witness ； in witness (thereof).
chi 養 together ^vith ； at the same time ； as well.
i B3 劃 一 for the sake of uniformity.
i 一 經杳出 as soon as proved or brought home
to 一 [p. 159]
i •LU 杜弊端 in order to prevent malpractices.
Mng 更定條 約 an amended or revised Treaty.
Jcai E 文 變 to alter.
t'ti7ig 通商稅 務公會 the German Zollverein.
chHa/Hj 强 ，碎 a one-sided view ； an ex ^^arfc argument.
^vu 毋 任違背 do not stand opposition.
t^i 特 答 ij a special order (a concluding phrase in de-
j-putches from superiors).
Document No. 85. [p. 160]
hsihi 巡 船 [Customs] boats ； cruisers.
hsi'ti 新 式 new pattern ； new style.
lung gi a dragon.
糞 i 旗 the " dragon" flag; the Chinese national
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s/"7i 失鸯一 t" lose sight of uniformity ； not to be
unitonn.
旗 織 tl;ig.s and pennauts.
streamer ； a pennant,
/i"" 畫 "式樣 ii uniform pattern.
hni 絶 to sketch ； to dnnv; to paint.
$^ 騸 to dniw a sketch, plan, or map.
^isu/t. 斜 oblique.
斜 長 diiigonal length.
底：^ length at the base.
/" 幅 ； I strip of cloth;
幅 寬 the breadth of a tiag.
snn 二 角 three cornered ； triangular. [p. 161]
cM'iKj 正 a.s applied to colours, deep.
正黃色 a deep yellow colour.
hsiaufj to inlav ； to enclose ； to border (；" a figure on a
hsiang 向 上 turned upwards ； upwards.
vxi 跪 ； f'l^' on the top of a mast.
shao 稍 the top of a staft"
chu 主 旗 "the ruling flag ； " a national ensign.
hnifj 工 部 the Board of Worl".
yiiifj 營 to device mechank-nl plans ； a battalion.
營 造 engineering' ； public worky.
營 造尺量 the official measure of the Board of
Works.
Document No. 86.
chit 具裏人 the petitioner.
chi 籍 to be registered as a native of
tsic 祖 界 land on which ground rent is paid ； a con-
cession ； a settlement (as the British Settlement at
Shanghai).
ch'iu 求 恩 to rei^uest a favour.
ch'ieh -竊身 I, the petitioner. Note that 舞 s/iai, stand-
ing for "1，" is -written smaller, like all modest
terms denoting the person of the Nvriter.
skcii 身 in petitions, a modest term for " I."
su 素 formerly ； usually ； contented.
shcn 申 江 Shanghtii.
niou 謀 to plan ； to plot.
謀生 to carry on trade.
ya 有年 ：i number of years.
an 安 分 peaceful and contented ； orderly.
鳴 守業 to attend to one's trade.
2 肅 胞 the womb.
B& 弟 a uterine brother,
/ist'd 下午 in the ； iftenioon.
己用 h living been used ； old ； second-hand.
iuau 段 a ]ot.
c/ii 計 本 representing capital, or an invcstiiicnt.
不 I 哉 ignoran: ； not knowing.
7c 漏 i 關 憲 honorary title used in luWi'es.Sin;' a high
Customs oftic'iiil.
大入 a ta-jen (honorary title u.scil in iicUlres:iing
officials from the ehird rank upwards).
/" 俯 念 to condesceiKl to think of ； to take into
consideration.
ling
零 星 iiiiscellanoous things ； odds and ends.
零 星 小 件 odds and ends ； iiiiscellanoous triHcs.
chH
乞 恩 to Jifik ； IS a favoiiv.
ch'ih
Wi 賜 to 0 I'd or the bestowal of; tu cause to bo
shell
深 沾 deeply indebted (as for benefits received).
clmn
沾 to moisten ； to be iiU'ectcd by ； to vecx'ive favour.
tc
德 便 ailvuntiiges graiitcil ； benefit.
Document No. 87. [p. 162]
chi
寄帶 to forward (as in :i letter).
貨 檨 samples.
V"
m to pray ； to implore.
纖 懇 to entreat ； to invoke.
hsitit
憲 恩 Your Honour's favour.
hno
^ liberal ； uiagimnimous.
豁 免 kindly to exempt from [punislimeiitj.
ych
業 trade ； occupation ； " my trade or luiyiness ； ：，
hence a modest term for "I," used by trades-
people.
人 ■'((/ 開 J)J t" cstabli.sli ； to be established.
素 守本分 to pursue one's Ijiusiness peacefully.
'piy'i- 本 分 tlif duties of u man's occupution ； oneV
l_iusinct>s.
便 附 to ent-lose in ;i letter.
ch'iiif/ 情 難 推 ill uccordin*^ to the circumstances, or as
luatlers liuppeued to be, it was dirtU-uIt to decline.
推 却 to decline ； to refuse.
《Vt/, 臺 下 ill petitions, au lumorary title '^iwii to officials.
It sin/ 巡 a litU'WiiitL'i" ； an executive emplovt'.
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fan
ho
ijili
k'ou
n
/"
sh ih
""'J
ska itfj
hsia
t'haH'j
ha a
"0
cho
mu
k'OU
hsdu
i:hih
rki
搜 to -search.
搜 驗 to sea IV h ； to examine.
竊念 I respectfully think or thought
微 small ； trifling.
微物 ：i sni:ill niiitter; a tiitie.
販汲 【蹈利 to tniffic fur the sake of profit.
客家 ：i customer.
業 a modest term lor " we, ' used by tmdes-
pitijile in petitions.
iS 'K to make a niistiike.
索 ！ iu 甚 J§C to as;k for damages very urgently.
口 難 分 mII difficult to cxphiin.
'JS 情 to state facU oue by one in ortlcr.
伏乞 to humbly pniy or petition.
垂憐 豁免 to have pity and magnanimously
to (ii;sre;;ard.
世世 公侯 may your generation rise to the ranks
of duUf anit uiiirtiiiess.
IH imbued with virtue ； please your goodness.
上 -ii'I- to Iiand up a petition (concluding phrase in
pettti(ius),
E a chest.
Document No. 88.
[p. 163]
經 |1 帳房 a house agent ； a rent collector.
帳 房 an office where accounts are settled ； a count-
ing-house ； a shroft"s or comprador's office ； an
accountant ； a shroff.
漢號 a Hankow firm.
託 to commission.
託買 to commission one to buy.
自着 to wear oneself; for own wear.
着 to wear (as clothes, shoes, etc.).
木 鞋 wooden shoes ； clogs.
卩口 恩 豁 免 toai^ktobe raagnanimoiisly exempted
tVoin punishment.
迅 賜 紛 pI to promptly allow to be given up,
治 the jiu-isdiction of an officer ； " under your juris-
diction.''
爲 業 ：" my business.
臺 Your Honours searching officer.
to collect money (； is capital for trade in a
company).
m 張 to open business.
hsu>i
nintj
tien
fan
mu
hsicii
chicn
hsia
an
shang
eld
tim
chcm
hsiao
yen
chi
chi)i
2)ci
tHcn
hsi
tung
hsi
li
clmng
yin
tung
鮮驗 雜貨店 a shop in which, Ireah and pre-
served victuals iind sundries are sold.
窗 幫 the Ninirpo men (as a class).
店 堂 in the shop.
店夥 a mercantile assistant ； ； i partner.
販 資 to trade.
仰 沐 to look forwnrd to receiving kindness.
沐 to wash ； to receive favours.
憲 臺 flionorary title given to high officials) Your
Honour; you.
璧 原 to examine ； to trace a matter to its source.
下 below ； inferior ； a modest term for "1，" "me,"
'( my," etc.
下 情 the facts stated by me, the inferior.
不 諸 ignorant ； not knowing.
詰 to know about.
賞 紛 to give ； to award.
備 情 the complete details ； " these are the facts."
急叩 { ^乞 to urgently request ； to pray for.
電 璧 (an honorary style of addressing officials)
" your enlightened mind."
恩 貝§ the bestowal of favotir.
沾 仁 to receive humime treatment.
Document No. 89.
[P. 164]
小 行 "the small firm ；" a modest term for " I or
" we," used by merchants in petitions.
驗 訖完飽 to pay duties after examination.
訖 to finish ； after a verb, may assume the force of a
sign of the piist : after, having.
金 禾' J 源 f i-hrn-U-yuan) the Kiu-lee-yuen Wharf,
Cioduwii-s, etc., on the French Bund «.t Shanghai.
北 首 the northern end.
天 后宫橋 a bridge at the Qua! de la Pagode, in
the Freuch Concession at Shaughai.
西人 a European.
東洋車 a Japanese carnage, i.e., a jinricsha.
携去 to take away.
理 P& to discuss.
中 西 Chinese aud foreign.
者 sound.
"B In language.
)1' 蒙 to understand.
由 是 from there.
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mi 尾隨 t(、 follow close after.
尾隨 後 to tollow close after one.
目 親 to see; to observe.
iu 13 to look ； to see.
Chiang 江海； 1 匕關 the Shanghtu Custom House.
10U 誤 疑 to erroneously suspect.
yin 因 而 tliercfore; on which account he
nal 適 (in- 乃) that is ； to wit ； also ； and ； hut.
10U 誤 認 to erroneously take as ； to mistake for.
li vS 陳 to state events one by one, in order.
shang 賞還 t') kindly return.
dti 安商業 to make the niercliant's business easy.
Document No. 90. [p. 165]
t'o f£ 帶 to iitik one to bring.
shui 7]C 烟 袋 a water pipe ； a hubljie-bubl.>le.
hsiln 迅， 賞紛 to kindly give as soon as possible.
chHch 窃 （= 彘） a thief; "1."
ma 馬 路 a road for riclmg or driving ； used in Shang-
hai to express the roads suitable for general
carriage traffic.
chih 支 a classifier of tobacco-pipes.
ti 抵 《{阜 to arrive in port.
tai 代 客 1)11 behalf of a mercantile friend.
fic 附 有 there is enclosed (as in a letter or postal bag).
ch^ 'd ® 巧販寶 deceitful traffic in goods.
jm 仁 憲 (in petitions, an honoraiy title given to
otticials) your kindness.
shih 實 爲德便 it will be a real kindne:5S benefit.
Document No. 91, [p. 166]
mill J5 A one of the people ； a subject.
cilia 家 用 for domestic use.
ckang 帳 子 curtains.
mcng 蒙 to receive (from a superior) ； sign of the passive.
ch'i/c 秋 季 the autuiiia season.
chia 家 中 in my family ； at home.
cki 吉 happy ； lucky.
吉 席 " the happy mat;" weillock ； marriage.
ch'uany 床 帳 bed curtains.
shall 衫 a rsiiirt.
Document No. 92, [p. 167]
t^fi 紫 1i* 林 (T:"U'ht"!U) the local name for the site
of the Foreign settlement at Tientsin.
人" c'" 懇 恩 to in-ay for fiivour.
yu 幼 y(mng.
幼 弟 ;i yovnig brother.
做 工 to do work ； to be employed
Mo,o 交 intercourse ； intimacy ； to give.
交 好 to be on terms of friendship with.
shou 手 中 in hand.
liao
lio > § a little ; some.
Idch )
yO. 餘 財 surplus funds; savings.
t>i'ai 財 riches ； funds.
/a)& 煩 to trouble ； to request
y'll 雨 傘 umbrellas.
hail 旱 dry,
旱 傘 parasols.
<'h", 鶴 to order ； to request.
rnai 寶出 to sell.
fso 作一家 糊 口 to constitute the living or food
for the whole I'aniily, I
i 一家 the whole family.
hu 糊 (tor I 胡) gmel ； food; subsistence.
糊 口 .sustenance ； a livelihood.
ch'il 取去 to take away.
hio 老 幼 old and young ； all.
l(" 賴 to rely on.
yang 養 to nourish.
養生 to support oneself or one's family.
/" 伏 fjf to huiubly request.
ko 格 外 施 恩 to grant a special favour.
kan 威 to be grateful.
感 鴻 恩 to be greatly obliged.
hwig 鴻 great ； vast.
vxi 爲此 叩裏 on this account I make a petition.
Document No. 93.
man 算書 a calculator ； a elcrk.
Uf-' 丄 在 1^ in Customs euiploy ； iit the Custom House.
to 多 (after a miinber) more than.
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hsiii [u] (hiring the summer time.
eh^infj 承 to receive ； a sigu of the passive.
3^ 大 A is I have been deputed by you, the
t(t 大老琉 ：i ta-Uw-iieh (title of an officiul of the
t'mrth or w lower grade).
" 河 f{5J 府 the prefecture of Ho-chien, in Cliilili.
p("t 辦 娠 to manafre the distribution of relief funds
、in tlistressetl districts).
fhC" 娠 to relieve ； to aid the distressed.
»hoH 受 忍受痕 to sutler heat und maluiia.
shu ig luat.
pci 備 當辛苦 to experience hard times.
c/i'aity 嘗 to taste.
/""' 辛 Litter.
辛 苦 bitterness ； grief.
苦 bitter; distresi>.
Intoti '密、 calamity ； to be afflicted.
患 病 to fall sick.
7n。ifj 蒙大 人面允 to receive the Ta-jt*n's {i.e., your)
vei l ml |n-(niii^e ； I have been promised hy Your
Excellenc}".
h(io 好 處 advantages; benefit.
yen 言 及 to say with regard to ； to mention.
Icao 高升 to be promoted to a high post.
po-o 保邀 to reconuuend for promotion.
chil 擧 lo recommend.
力'" 榮 honour ； glory.
榮 15 to return with gloiT ； i.e., to retire from
|jal)lic life.
pif 不 端冒昧 not able to detect si^ms of rash
stupidity.
chUtai 端 to ascertain ； to detect.
wao 藝 昧 ignorant ； headstrong.
膨 i 昧 dark ； obscure in mind.
"i! 飾 J 仰求 to respectfully ask ； to look up to ask.
"I" 薪係 a salary ； official emoluments.
<7"w 處 circumstances ； points of a matter.
伏候 to respectfully wait.
chiin 钩裁 to consider in justness ； to July weigh the
arj^ument??.
Z"" 烕 M. to tliauk.
謹辜 a respectful petition (couchuliu;; phrase in
petitions).
Document No. 94. [p. 168]
k'lian 宽 釋 to indulgeutly release.
shih 釋 to rek'iise.
ch uh 接 鐵 to receive goods for shipment (as a .shipping
broker).
rmi 嚷 (pronounced male in Cantonesie) an unauthorised
chitmcter used to represent the sound of the
Knglish word "mark." Note that in Cannon
characters repiesentiug foreign .sounds are com-
monly preceded hy the radical 口 .
嚷什貨 marked " Sundries."
shih 什 貨 miscellaneous goods ； sundries.
p"ff 水 片 Baroo-s camphor.
tsa 雜 藥 iniscellaneous drugs.
fail 繁
繁 多
very many,
0" 偶 acoideutally ； unforeseen.
《 •ti 致錯漏 so as to result in an erroneous evasion
(as of duty).
f7"'it 咎 實難辭 the mistake can hardly be denied.
{E 发 to walk through the grass ； to travel.
^ 涉 to travel far ； far-tmvellei.1.
she 涉 to ford ； to wade.
ch'mifj 重 洋 to cross the sea twice ； to cross two or
several seas ； to make a long sea journey.
wei 微 禾 ij 灘 n profit.
hsiieh 血 blood ； money ； property.
血 本 capital in trade.
飞" 苦不 J 甚言 ineffable distress.
俯 恤 商 情 to look clo、ni with a pitiful heart on
luerciintile intere.sts.
恩 1 更 a favour ； a kindness.
pit 不 勝威激 to be greatly obliged.
ch'uh 切 赴 to go quickly ； "an urgent letter;" " imme-
diate."
Document No. 95.
nan 難 aifficult to submit to cheerfully.
2""fJ 秉 to hold up.
秉 公 holding up justice ； to act faiiiy.
^ 以 便商族 iu order to accommodate merchants.
花梨木 rose-wood.
" 梨 a pear tree.
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ch'ih
iHi
t'ung
hsiang
chiao
chin
ksiin
ckim
eking
lao
龍
In
shang
ivu
ch'ich
hsdan
shih
范 liow ； in what manner.
I 巨 料 "how could I expect ？" i.e., to my surprise ；
unexpectedly ； however.
突 abruptly ； unexpectedly. [p. 169]
同是一 貨 it is the same cargo.
相 Pl?J 一日 a difference in time of one day.
父客 to deliver to the merchant (as goods to a
purchaser).
久 延 to delay.
旬 ;i decade.
旬 日 a decade ； ten days.
央 to invite ； to entreat.
央 求 to solicit ； to urgently ask for.
奸 villainouji.
奸 商 corrupt merchants ； disliunest traders.
示 ^ in order to show warning ； "as a warn-
ing.:)
傲 to warn.
高 ^ a high valuation ； to assess at a high value.
無 從 not able to follow ； not able to
叩 乞 to implore ； to beg.
恩 恤 商艱 to have sympathy with the mer-
chant's hardships.
上稅 to pay duty.
% 旣 without end ； infinitely.
切切 上襄 an urgent petition (concluding phrase
in petitions).
Document No. 96.
憑 案不結 a pending and unfinished case.
提 究 to try a case ； to examine into.
氏 after a name denotiag that the person is a
woman ； in petitions " I," said by a woman.
iim 扭 摔 to wrench ； to wrestle and throw down.
廣 repeatedly ； often.
hs'dii in 結 to inquire into and settle [a case].
J?"i7 仍 復 yet again ； again.
lai 來家 to come to one's house.
diMio 吵 to wrangle.
D 少 鬧 to altercate ； to scold.
pu 不 休 not to stop or cease ； imcea.siugly.
ck'iang 强 借 to violently ask for.
ch'ien 錢 文 money ； cash.
2)u
Jean
ho
hung
chui
i
pei
shou
chin
Jcu
cho
hsiiig
thing
pang
ch'vmi
kni
shih
nm
/«
i
2/a
不 l5 已 there is no help ； inevitable.
正 堂 the chief magistrate (as opposed to the
assi.stant magistrates;.
嚴 傳 to summon.
無 SS unreasonable.
取 鬧 to create altercation ； to commence a row.
烕荷 to be obliged.
荷 to he obliged for,
m 慈 immense kindness.
涯 the banks of a river ； limits ； limited.
Document No. 97.
[P. 170]
追究 to investigate (a case).
以 救蝶命 ill order to save poor peoples' lives.
被 匪竊去 to be robbed of by outlaws.
守候 to wait.
未寧 S 狼 I bave not yet been favoured with
[their] capture.
線 獲 to pursue and seize.
進 退維谷 whether I advance or retreat, there
is difficulty ； a dilemma. '
谷 a ravine ； difficulty ； embuiTassment.
幾 不欲生 almost not to desire to live ； I might
have wished to die.
幸 fortunately ； to rejoice at; to hope for.
同 鄕 a countryman ； a fellow-townsman.
帮助 to assist.
川 資 travelliii-- expenses.
回家 to return home.
失 主 tlie lo^er ； the person whose property is lost,
stolen, etc.
無 奈 there i.s no help for; no alternative.
奈 a remedy ； a resource.
館 to be prostrate.
館旬 to prostrate.
to fall prostrate.
J [^救 微生 ill order to save an unhuportant life.
押 案追比 to arrest one for crimin:il prosecii-
ai 哀 PjJ to pray for urgently.
2Ki 俾 得交還 失主吣 that it may be returned to
the loser.
hung 公 侯 tliike and marquess ； fig., high rank.
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lean 3S 代 tin thoubaud j;onenitions ; "your oflVpring."
chi 欲 C£ 累仁 to uccuiiuilute merit ami humanity.
hsicn to liuM in the mouth.
結 aa allusion to an oltl saying, 卿 環 結 草，
"In carry in one's mouth the i'm"( "Jul tlu* stnnv
of lnm 山 igt'，" lis a sijrii of beinj: never ungi-ateful ；
to bt? bound to; to be in bondage.
$h"g 生生 世世 one's offspring for niiiny generations.
，rw 無極 t'uJless.
Document No. 98.
ch'Uh 竊商 I， the merchant (in petitions).
chutt'j 重木） 、料 hard-wood beams.
/{( 陛 緒 successively (as a land roai] not intonupttnl
by water) ； one by one.
V 詣 to go to.
詣關 to go to the Custom House.
lien 述 日 for a number of days ； on successive clays.
ho 何得又 更估價 I 歸- t'an the value be cliansed
； t-;iin :' [P- 171]
un M 所 適 從 there is no means to follow [a rule].
ml 思 維 If. 四 to consider very ripely.
ch^t'fiff 情 宜難已 matters really difficult to hvmg about.
恩 公兩便 both ； I matter of favour and of
justice.
Document No. 99.
chia 家 主 the head of a household.
chH 起 to start (as on a journey).
"0" 投 to deliver ； to present to.
chc't 眞 參 real ginseng.
chia 假 參 imitation ginseng.
fh'i 欺 to deceive.
欺顯 to belie one ； to delude.
pHcn §g t" defraud.
chao 找尋 to seek.
chiiifj 經手 a broker ； an agent.
Crh 耳 fi3 to hear (； is a rumour).
chii 聚 tu assemble.
聚 減 to pack together ^th.
ftng 奉家 主之命 to receive orders from ones
j>ut 奔 tu run ； to him-y.
奔波 to flee like billows ； to run at great speed ；
to be in trouble about ； to hurry.
shih 勢 comlition ； circumstances.
Inn 输 lost, as in a whirl of water.
落 to be lost or ruined (morally).
i |S 鄕 tu be .separated from ones home.
yu 愛愁 to be full of sorrow.
ch'ow 愁 mournful.
yen 言狀 to describe ； to state.
li 理 a theory ； a rule.
ho 何敢謹 i 賨 li"\v could I dare to be disrespect-
ful '- '
ch(ii 曲 crookiHl ； bent ； yielding.
曲 加 矜 恤 to ha 、- e pity for ； to feel com-
passion for.
to commiserate.
fi( 俯 ？ H to gi-aciously permit; to grant.
i m 全螺命 in order to render complete a poor
nlau'^^ life ； in order to restore a poor man to life.
Document No. 100. [p. 172]
i 靖 iill 方 in order to tranquilli.se the place.
tso 昨 夜 last night ； the other night.
tsci 賊 匪 robbers.
Mng 更 a watch (of the niglit = two hours).
shih II 争 分 time ； hom\
chin 進院 to enter a court-yard.
ch'iao to prise ； to force with a lever.
據 to prise a door.
t^'itng 銅 盆 i\ copper basiu.
ch'a 茶碗； t tea-bowl.
wan 碗 a bowl.
tang 當 卽 thereupon ； at once.
han 喊 to vociferate ； to call.
0^ 追 to call out and pursue (as in cliasmg a thief).
不 及 not to reacli.
shih 特 屆 at the time.
Img 隆 exalted ； alnmdant ； a veiy high state (as of
Slimmer heat or "winter cold).
隆 冬 the extreme of winter : very cold weather.
2>o 迫 to urge ； to embarrass.
chi 鐵 famine ； .starvation.
鎮 寒 luingpv and cold.
t'ou 偷竊 to rob ； to steal.
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yen 嚴比 捕役 to deal strictly with the police run-
ners ； (in order to ensure the proper discharge of
their duties).
pu 捕 役 police runners.
chSng 正 賊 the ringleaders of a band of robbers.
hang 赃 ( = 繊) to bribe ； to loot.
赃 物 I'lunder ； the spoil carried away by robbers.
i 以 安善具 in order to tranquillise good subjects.
wd 衛間閣 to guard the villa,t;es and hamlets ； to
keep peace within the country.
lii 聞 a small village.
yen 閣 a hamlet.
Document No. 101.
tsung 總信差 a chief letter-carrier.
ma 馬 撥 an overland courier.
po 撥 to transfer ； to send.
chuaii 專寄 to forward.
kung 公署 a public office ； a yamen.
shu 署 a yamen ； a public office.
hsin 信差 a letter-carrier ； a courier.
mn 面 the front side of a gate.
shih 失去 to lose ； to have lost.
shih 夺 刻 簿 a time-book ； a [postal] delivery-book.
hao 號衣 livery.
wm 文武 地方官 civil and military local authori-
ties.
fi 地 保 a fi'pao (police officer).
jm 不惟 不 反 not only not ， but
even
hsiang 向 towards (denotes the object in the case of verbs
implying a real or verbal coiniuunication).
y(^n 言 to say.
yang 洋 信 foreign letters.
'/c 特 此懇祈 [I make] this special petition.
獲 to take in lumting ； to catch (as a thief).
tsang 赃 賊 a plunderer ； a thief.
Document No. 102. [p. 173]
ying 營造處 :m engineer's office.
tsung 總 營造司 an engineer-in-chief.
V^mg 通 行曉諭 to make known to the public.
ch^uang 創 設 to establish, build, etc. (as a lighthouse).
ts'ai 裁 撤 to remove.
ckang 彭明 to promulgate ； to make known to the
public.
c/t*w {ij TJX to issue a public notice.
t'nng 通曉 to inform the public.
pei 俾得 st> tha t ； so as to.
chou 周 知 to infunii all.
— w 漏 everywhere ； to go around.
福 to inform all; to notily the public.
ch'cn 沉 船 ； I wreck.
so 所在 the place where; the position of.
k'ai 開 列於左 to mention hereafter; enumerated
below.
t'ai 太 倉 州 the prefecture of T*ai-tsang.
Chilian 船 行正路 the fairway channel (for ships in a
river or near the coast).
ching 謦船浮 a buoy.
tuan 端 the head ； the end ； a terminus ； a spot.
ch^in 沉 有 there is sunk.
p'iao 漂 to toss about.
漂 移無定 to drift away (as a ship from its
luooriiigs).
lien 連縛 to make fast to.
i 以示沉 船所在 in order to indicate the posi-
tion of the wreck.
Int 留 ijj to be careful.
hsiang 詳 記 to take careful notice.
i 以 免疏虞 in order to avoid danger.
勿 忘 be not forgetful ； keep well in uiind.
勿 忽 do not disregard ； be very careful about.
hu 忽 to forget ； to disregard.
Document No. 103. [p. 174]
fu 福 州 府 the prefecture of Foochow.
lien 連 江 縣 the district of Lieu-chiang (Foochow).
Tiiin 閬 江 the Min river.
shih 石捲 a stone beacon.
tso 座 a classifier of beacons, lighthouses, etc.
pei 被 水 激 刷 to be washed away by the water.
chi 激 to set back (us by water).
激 刷 to wash away.
shua 刷 to brush ； to wipe away.
hsing 興工 to start work.
hsiu 修造 to repair.
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Document No. 104.
fhih 指 PJ] to murk (:us u buoy marks a place).
shut 水 道 the fuinvay channel for ships.
M 飾 yX 紅 色 to paint red; to be painted rod.
p*ang 传 hy tho side of.
hging 行 联 Ut sail.
ehung 中問 in the middle of.
ihih 示路整 船浮" fairway buoy.
hiwj 橫 線相間 horizont^il bands (painted on a buoy
(ir I'farnn).
«« 色 樣 "'lour.
sha 沙 sand ； u siind or mud bank. [p. 175]
沙尾！ I sandspit.
ipH 尾 i\ tail ； li spit of land ； any pointed shore, if
quite Hat.
chiao 角 i\ pointed corner ； the end of a rock, spit, etc.
ko 隔 to divide off; to occupy the middle between two
localities.
miitg 明沙 a sand bank or shoal above water,
an 暗 (lark ； secret ； hidden.
暗沙 a sand bank or shoal below water.
luan 乱 confused.
亂 應 a number of reefs ； extensive reefs.
aJiu 堅 線相間 vertical stripes (painted on a buoy
or l>eacon).
yang 洋面 on the open sea ； the sea ； waters.
sihih 石 碟 rouks.
ksing 行 船正路 tlie ships' channel (in a river or near
the coai^tj.
wei 微 碍之處 obstructions of small extent.
fang 方 格 chequers ； chequered.
oi 碍處 obstnictions.
hsiang 向 海外面 towards the sea ； seaward.
wei 危 險之處 an obstruction.
tto 左邊 the left side ； the starboard side.
yu 右 邊 the right side ； the port side.
ehi 卽 係 that is ； i.e. ； that means.
ckiang 港內 in port.
shui 間之處 :i position with plenty of water or
room [for sailing].
pieh 別 項 other kinds of
piao 標 記 marks ； navigation marks.
yu 有碍 to obstruct.
jao 繞 to wind round.
繞避 to avoid (as a rock in sailing).
pi 避 to avoid ； to slum.
shuany 雙- 數 ：tii t-ven number.
tan 單 數 an odil number.
hsiaiig 詳 載 In state ； to enumerate.
fsung 總 册 a general list.
fu If 整 to fnf^ten by binding.
tHeh 鐵 片 an i] 'm plate.
5r } 赂 to burn ； to brand.
赂 印 to emboss.
han 漢洋兩 文 in Chinese and foreign writing.
Vaiuj 倘 遇 if there is; in the case of,
fmg 風 浪 wind and waves ； a heavy sea.
ch'nuf/ 衝 to rush against.
衝 移 to carry away (as a buoy is uanieJ away in
a gale). ~
pHao 漂流 水面 to drift about on the water ； to be
fang 方格式 a chequered muster. [p. 176]
H 體 the body, as opposed to the extremities (as (( the
body of a structure")-
薦 0 帽 頂 the top (of a beacon).
hsien 顯 明 (■onspicuous. [p. 177]
pien 辨 明 to distinguish.
fang 方 向 the direction [of the compass].
Document No. 105.
ck'Uan 泉 州 府 the prefecture of ChHian-chou (Chin-
chew).
chin 金門島 the island of Quemoy.
tui 對 面 opposite to; off.
shni 水 師 部 the Admiralty.
hai 海道圖 a sea chart.
chien 漸長 ll§ 沙 a shoal gradually forming.
chatig g to grow ； to extend. Cf. ch^ang long, Docu-
ment No. 7, p. 7.
tuan 段 a classifier of rocks, shoals, etc.
chicn 尖 圓 conical.
ck'iu 球 式 spherical.
Ian 藍 Ipl a cage (top of a beacon made of basket-
work).
chSeh 切 水 面 at the water-line.
i 以免觸 沙之患 in order to avoid grounding
on the shoal.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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Document No. 106. [p. 178]
《 一帶 hi the neighbourhood of.
遊 M to travel ； to cruise about.
shui 7jC 師 提 督 an Admiral.
chiin 軍 門 honorary title of a tH-tu (high military
official ； employed in correspondence only). See
Mayers' " The Chinese Government," No. 440.
垂 {/ i& 江 府 the prefecture of Sung-chiang, near
濯 南瞬縣 the district of Nan-hui (province of
Kiangsu).
(7"." 九 段 Kiutoan, the site of Kiutoan Lighthouse,
near Shanghai.
teng 燈 架 a beacon with a light.
hsianrj 相 jfg distant from.
chmng 江南岸 the southern shore of the river.
shuo 朔 new moon ； the first day of a month.
朔 望 new moon and full moon ； the ist and 15th
of ； I [Chinese] luontli.
朔 望 潮 落 11^ when the tide is low with the
new moon and the full moon, i.e., at low water
spring tides.
ivanff 望 full moon ； the 15th day of a month.
ch'ao 潮 落 特 at low-water time.
h 落 to fall ； to drop.
shih to see ； to take the bearing.
fei 廢 §5 塔 an abandoned lighthouse.
loang 望臺 a look-oat ； a beacon or house visible at a
long distance.
fu 獨 .single ； alone. [p. 179]
獨樹 a single tree.
chHng 成 直 線 a straight line.
fo 多有 小 暗 沙 there are numerous patches of
shoals.
c/t'" 曲 斜 to go obliquely ； to trend away from the
straight course.
pHen 偏 to incline to a certain direction of the compass ；
'•(!•• 西北 北， north-north-west.
til' 度 tU^tfrees of a circle or a sphere ； degrees of
latitude or longitude.
度
數 degrees.
an
按
羅 經方向 magnetic bearings.
lo
羅
經疆差 the variation of the compass.
此
項公文 this document.
shih
示
諭 a public notice.
chien
簡
to abridge.
籣
JP. a risuwJ.
tse
k'ttan
chiao
hai
Document No. 107. [p. 180]
擇取 make a selection of.
欽式： t pattern ； a muster.
南 海 the district of Nan-hai (C'anton).
番 禹 the district of P*an-yu (Canton).
交界； I frontier.
海珠 礙臺 Dutch Folly (a fort in the Canton
or).
ch'uau 船
yuan
Icang
chi
ting
chill
ch'aufj
hsiao
Ung
chu
ckHng
hui
shih
ch'ih
t、o'it
kuang
cha
剛
剛
基
頂
置
常
小
ming
明
mieh
滅
miao
秒
chinfj
經
ching
正
wei
緯
緯
ching
經
經
經
路 the ships' channel (as in a river).
形 round,
hard ； iiriii.
石 granite,
foundation ； base,
top ； vane (of a light tower),
to establish ； to fix ； to place.
明 fixed (ius rt light).
燈 a lantern.
燈 火 the flame or centre of a light.
距 水 面 above the water-level.
晴 clear.
晴 時 in clear weather.
應 照 ow^ht to reflect or shine ； to be visible.
惠來縣 the district of Hui-lai, near Swatow.
石碑山 (M -p、i "han) ) Breaker Point, near
赤 沙 澳 O-h'ih-sha-ao) \ Swatow.
透 to penetrate ； transparent.
透 籙 dioptric.
光 brilliant ； to shine ； to give off light.
乍 suddenly ； abruptly.
乍 明乍滅 Ii;'htiBg up suddenly and eclipsing
suddenly ； occulting (as a navigation light).
to light «p (as a revolving or occulting light),
to extinguish ； to be dark ； to eclipse,
a second.
to cross ； to pass over.
西 due west,
the woof of a texture.
度 ；！ 匕 nortliern latitude. *
the warp of a texture.
度 longitude.
度英國 中線東 longitude east of Green-
wich.
chung 中 線 the muUUe thread, i.e., the meridian (of
l;r,'，n、v"'h， Poking, etc.) from which longitude is
yii iffi 大 flS ""ring foggy or thick weather.
$hou 守 SI? A lij^htkeepers.
/an^ 防險號 — rtls made to avoid danger; fog
miny 鳴鐘 to strike a bell.
ch*ui 吹 to blow (as a horn).
ehiJi 戒 to ward off.
戒 l3|t 螺 ;> I'orn.
螺 ：i conch.
fang 放 }g to let off steam ； to blow the steam whistle.
ch*i or i 氣 an unauthorised character used for
" strain," or sh ui-chH 水復-
fang 放碟 to fire a i^iin.
i 以示燈 塔所在 in order to indicate the posi-
tion of the light.
ch'ao 潮 P 易縣 the district of Ch'ao-yang, near Swatow.
piao 表 角 M>i"o-chio) Cape of Good Hope, near
Swatow.
% —名 al-so called.
一而 …… 一面 …… partly , partly …… [p. 181]
mei 每一分 鐘 every minute.
ehuntf 鐘 時 clock time; i.e., time by the foreign division.
chi 遮滅 to eclipse.
遮 掩不見 to be shaded off and become in-
visible.
lu 鹿 魄 (Lu-hsii ) Sugar Loaf Island, near Swatow.
ssft 四面 in all directions of the compass ； all round.
fang 放就 to "'ive off and concentrate again (as a fixed
and Hashing light).
lien 敛 ； wrongly for 飲) to collect ； to concentrate.
shan 閃 a flash.
chang 漳 州 府 the prefecture of Chang-chou, near
Ainoy.
hai 海澄 0, the district of Hai-ch*eng, near Amoy.
ch'iny 靑 峻 Tsingseu Island, near Amoy.
坡 a slope ； the side of a hill.
va 八角形 octangular.
[p. 182]
t^ai 臺 m 府 the prefecture of T*ai-wan, Formosa.
an 安甲 An-p*ing, near T'ai-wan, Formosa.
h»iao 小 山 a hillock ； a mound.
shu 樹木 a tree.
chituf 正在 前面 directly in front of.
OK OF
mu 木跪— 杆； I mast.
ch'iu 秋冬魔 東北風 the north-east monsoon.
vni 無虞 without danger.
ch'un 春夏驟 西南風 the south-west monsoon.
i 直 suitable.
ting 定海 ® the inferior department of Ting-haL
chieti 漸 明漸滅 litiliting up graduaUy and eclipsing
； gradually (siiid of a navigation light) ； revolving.
ming 明 滅 to light up aud eclipse.
•hai 海 道圖說 sailing directions ； the Hai-tao-t^u-
shiio ( title of a Chinese work on that subject).
[p. 183]
pei 被山遮 蔽 to be kept out of view, or obscured,
by hills (as a light).
chi 遮蔽 to obscure ； to render invisible.
pi 蔽 to keep out of view.
ck'Uek 缺 處 an empty place ； an open spot.
lou 漏 射 to flash through (as a ray of light through a
tr;tp in hills).
hsi 隙 a gap.
huang 黃 州 府 the prefecture of Huung-chou.
黃岡 Si the district of Huang-kang.
huang 廣濟驟 the district of Kuang-chi,
tan 單 梳 single -mas ted ； one-masted.
tHao 條 twigs.
條 編 twisted, or plaited, like basket-work.
yuan 圓 球 a ball,
yang 洋正月 the i st of January.
hsiu 修改 to repair ； to alter.
feng 奉天府 the prefecture of Feng-t*ien.
liao 遼 河 the river Liao, near Newchwang.
sail 三 梳燈船 a three-masted lightship.
niu 牛 莊 Newchwang.
chung 中 跪 tlie middle mast ； the main-mast of a ship.
= a cavity; concave. [p. 184]
Hfl 鏡 a concave lens, or a reflector.
Hfl 鏡這射 a concave and reflecting light ； catop-
tric.
漏 誤 入險途 to enter a dangerous road by mis-
take ； to run into danger.
sheng 升 to rise ； to raise ； to hoist (as a flag).
Vung 通 用旗號 Commercial Code signals.
dtMii 吹 戒 險 螺 to blow a steam fog hom.
chH 挖螺 a steam fog horn.
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hsiu 修燈 to trim ;i light.
hail 續 油 to supply oil to a light.
i <y 代 to serve for something else ； in lieu of.
fang 放藍光 to burn a blue light.
Ian 藍光 a blue light.
ch'im 前 I 覽 the forestay of a ship.
1似 I 覽 a rope ； a cable.
ch' 懷 I 船欄 a ship's raU.
Za» 欄 a railing.
(濯 t 船 首 the bow of a vessel.
hsUn 甸 a decade ； one of three divisions into which a
month may be divided : 中 旬， the middle
decade, i.e., the i ith to the 20th of a month ；
similarly 上 句， the ist to the loth ； 下 旬， the
2 1st to the 30th.
ping 水 河 特 when the river is covered with ice.
i 移去 to remove.
pei 被風浪 衛 移 to be driven away by a storm
(as a ve.s.sel from its moorings),
i 已 離 原 ^& 方.向 t。 have left the original an-
chorage {ah ； l ship).
观 無 足爲示 引之處 not apt to show the course
a ship ought to steer ； to be of no use as a guide
to shipping.
sA(m 首 尾 the bow and stem of a ship ； the two ends
of a vessel.
toi 代 用
to use instead ； to substitute.
圓頂 a top ball.
w)ei 未 撤之先 before being removed. (Note the
use of mi 未.)
《 以 免夕牛 'ti^ in order to avoid mistakes.
chim 尖 pointed.
尖圓式 conical shaped,
木 a, wooden buoy.
tsui 最 西之處 in the extreme west ； the western-
most point.
自日 落起至 日出止 from 誦 set till sun-
rise.
tien 點 照 to light (as a lamp) ； to exhibit a light.
韓 江 the river Han, near Swatow.
chien 实石 a pinnacle rock.
M 自鳴風 签 an automatic whistling [apparatus].
P'ng 風签 a whistle.
shmg 室 a pipe (for whistling).
c^'^w 球 式藍帽 a ball-shaped basket top ； a spherical
cage. [p. 185]
■sAa 沙灘 a sand or mud bank ； a shoal.
Van
shaiKj
hung
i
t【ai
tan
kuo
laii
t'u
lien
chH
pa
ch^ang
ch'ao
chang
hsiang
mu
ku
ch'u
chin
ch'tto
shang
win
yung
ou
t'ieh
t'ou
灘 a rapid ； a shoal.
上 宽下窄 I'l'oad above and narrow below ； (if
I'uuiul) an inverted frustum.
&司 M :i company's steamer ； i.e., a mail
steaim r.
不 宜 iiiusi not ； should not.
•tt 觸 碟 之 患 iu order to guard against
collisions.
臺北府 tho prefecture of T*ai-pei (North For-
議一' [p. 186]
淡 yK M the district of Tan-shui (Tanisiii).
過 擺江沙 to cross the bar.
挪江沙 a bank or shoal ban— the river ； ； i bar;
the 、Voosung Bar.
土 A the natives.
連江縣 the district of Lien-chiang, near Foo-
chow.
七 星 碟 Piigoda Rock (Pagoda Anchora^^e, Foo-
chow). -
七 里 % Mia Reef, near Foochow.
長歧山 Chiing-di'i Peak, near Foochow.
色焦山 (pa-chiao-skan) Sharp Peak, near Foo-
chow.
長方式 diamond shaped.
潮 漲 fl 鲁 at high-water time; the flood ris-
—- [p. 187]
潮 漲 the flood rising.
漲 water rising ； to overflow.
相 間 painted in stripes or bands.
木架 a wooden frame or stand.
鼓 ？艮 魄 the island of Kulangsu (Aiiioy).
出 水 两 to stand out from the water ； to be dry
(not being covered by water).
金牌門 the Kimpai Pass, near Foochow.
木杯 a spar.
木杆樓 a spar beacon.
潮 満 特 at high-water time ； when the tide is full.
方 式 square.
上 大下小 broad above and narrow below.
温 j'I'l 府 the prefecture of Wenchow.
永 嘉 縣 the district of Yung-chia.
區 S 河 the river Ou, near Wenchow.
鐵 捲 aa iron beacon.
頭 the head ； the end, or an end, whether upper or
lower (as the upper and lower points of a buoy).
tuan 段 a section ； a band.
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cAu
Ian
hsin
PO
sui
eh'e
ehii
chai
[p. 188]
竹 £ a bamboo ciige or basket.
£ 心 the centre of a cage or basket.
心 tlie centre.
泊 '設 to moor (as n new lightship).
遂 ； itN-rwunls.
撤 去不用 to remove and discontinue.
距岸 $5 一里 about I li distant from the shore.
熟 悉 tn ripi'ly know ； to be well acquainted with.
^'大 用處 n.
Document No. 108.
} 摘 pluck ； to pick.
摘 列 to give an extract from ； an extract from (as
. a document or :i book).
li
ch'i
tsung
pHen
tu
shu
cJiH
hou
cJiH
lo
isai
chiang
li
ting
fsung
shuai
i
chunfj
to
ting
chiao
立 to erect ； to settle ； to conclude (as a Treaty).
起 卸 貨物 to land and discharge goods.
總不能 "'*t at all able to ； In no case shall
昭平允 in order to show justice ； for the
sakt' of justice.
fi tA partiality.
枯 decayed ； rotten.
輸 稅期候 the term at which duties are payable.
期候； I limit of time ； time.
候 time.
起載 to land good.s.
落 tn fall ； to drop ； to ship goods ； to export.
落 貨 to i^bip goods.
在江甯 :»t Nanking.
江 窗 the city of Chiang-ning-fa, commonly called
Nanking.
立 約 to conclude a Treaty.
定 to stipulate ； it is stipulated.
綜 to arrange threads in weaving ； to collect.
綜 算 to estimate ； to calculate.
以價 値爲率 to declare the value as the prin-
ciple to go by.
率 to lead ； to guide ； the leading principle.
爲公當 to consider as fair.
禾 H 式 p;'ttf*rii ； kinrl.
多有 價 値渐滅 the prices of various articles
have gradually deuliued.
定額 ：i fixed amount.
較重 to be comparatively heavy ； too heavy in
comparison with.
ch'ung 重修 to revise again.
yiin 允 定 it is agreed.
tsou 奏 明 to petition the Throne.
ch'in 欽 派 deputed by the Emperor. [p. 189]
ta 大員 a high officer.
chi 倉 [J 曰 then at once (denoting immediateness of
action).
fcng 奉 到 to receive (as from a high authority) ； to
have come to hand.
chu 殊 批 the veruiilion orders ； an Imperial rescript.
hsiln 迅 行措辦 to put at once into operation.
fs*o 措 to employ ； to use ； to publish ； to give out.
措 辦 t<^ P"t into operation (as a Tariff).
hsin 新定稅 則 the new Tariff.
"皿 g 通 商各款 the articles regarding trade.
chH 期 滿 a term expires.
hsim 先 行知照 to give official notice beforehand.
先 期聲明 to make a declaration beforehand ；
to give due notice.
shui 稅 課 the duty taxation ； the rates of the Tariff.
滅 俟 十年再 行更改 to alter after the lapse of
10 years.
y 篇 (f 水 行弗替 to be always so and not be changed ；
so it shall always be.
/" 弗 not ； it should not be.
" 替 to abolish.
'chiang 江 甯定約 the Treaty of Nanking.
pie 孔 遍 everywhere.
過 5 惠天下 to convey everywhere in the empire,
i'im 天 下 the empire ； China ； the world.
路 on the way ； e7i route,
ch'ung 重税 a second duty ； further charges (on goods).
chia 加 稅 to charge additional duty.
& (0 課 稅 tUities ； charges on goods.
" 得確數 to ascertain the exact amount of.
hhig 恒 constantly.
s!i6 設新章 to introduce new regulations.
抽 課 to levy taxes or duties.
y 化 於 賀易有 tl to be detrimental to trade.
'niing 明晰 to inform ； to communicate.
^ 巳在內 地買貨 to have bought goods in the
interior.
hsia 下截 to ship ； to export.
cW» 進 售內地 to import for sale in the interior.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
fm 粉 繁 manifold ； endless.
/rt" 繁 numerous.
i —次 之課 a tax paid once for nil ； u single
charge (compounding for several charges, as the
transit duty).
shim 首經 之子口 the barrier first crossed en route.
cki 給 ^ to isriue a chop or fertiticate.
chiao 交 碍 not to interfere with each other. [p. 190]
(h'ao 鈔 課 tonnage dues.
紗 銀 amount of tonnage dues.
i 免重輸 iu order to avoid [too] heavy pay-
ment.
k'ai 開搶 to open hatclies ； to break bulk.
t'a 他往 to proceed to another place.
ch^iimi 全 數 the whole amount.
fzSl 此 外 besides this.
fei 費 項 fee^! ； expenses ； charges.
fHng 艘 隻 boats.
yiin 運帶 to convey {i\s a boat conveys passengers).
sJm 書 信 letters ； postal matter.
li 例 acconlin-j: to rule.
y— 應完 税之貨 dutiable goods.
kao 號 船 registered boats ； boats used as navigation
marks ； lii^htships.
t'a 塔 表 lighthouses.
pi(to 表 a signal.
cho 酌 視 to consult about and look after.
hum 官 設銀號 an official bank ； a banker authorised
by the Government to receive official moneys.
[p. 191]
pi'' 部 頒 issued by the Board [of Revenue], as standard
weights and measures.
fi'i(J 定 式 having a fixed pattern ； standard.
1 展 ^ to seek to hire ； to engage the services of,
/" 甫 to begin ； first ； at first.
甫 臨近口 first just approaching a port ； when
arriving off a port.
/ i)i 臨 at the point of ； about to ； whilst.
p'di 派 委員弁 to depute officers.
pien 弁 officers of an inferior grade.
tmcj 丁 役 official attendants ； runners.
k'an 看 守 to guard (as a ship).
(hii 居 住 to dwell ； to live at or in.
hsii 需 用經費 current expenses for ones main-
tenance.
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chih 支歷 to pay for ； to defray.
ssit 私 '受 to receive secretly.
hao 毫 M a hairs breadth ； the least portion of.
ck*cii(j 惩 to correct ； to punUh.
惩治 to punish.
fz^H 次日 on the following day.
y(t' 押載 Q 頓数 tho lonna<;e of a vessel which is
usoil fur carg" ; the registered tonnage ； the net
tonn;ige.
i J[y 憑査驗 in onlcr to furnish vouchers for the
examination [of goods] ； on the ground of which
examination may be made.
Jcno 過限期 to exceed a limit.
tsunfji 總 不 not on any account. Cf. piufj 並 未， Docu-
« inent No. 28， p. 57.
2)i 筆誤 it slip of the pen ； a clerical error.
ti 遞貨單 to hand in a cargo list ； to present a
ship's manifest.
kai 改正 to correct (as a mistake in a document).
shan 擅 arbitrarily ； on one's own authority and without'
permission. [p. 192]
tsung 總 須 all must ； must on any account.
tung 動撥 to tranship goods.
fct 體回 to issue back ； to return (as documents
deposited).
yen 驗 貨人役 officers charged with the examination
of goods ； examiners.
p'ing 年 定 to arrive at a just settlement ； to agree
about.
yao 邀 to invite.
ch'u 出 to advance an offer ； to bid (as a price at an
auction).
chia 價 式 the standard value of an article.
mien 免 致 (the opposite of i~chih 以 致) so as not to ；
so that there may not be.
免致收 稅不公 to avoid the duty being
collectei.l in an unjust manner.
ch^ing 种 ff to calculate the weight ； to weigh, [p. 193]
皮 leather ； skin ； embalhge.
皮 包 emballage.
fin
粉 fi^ the "get-up " in packing goods ； ornnmental
packing.
liao
料 materials.
ching
淨 貨輕重 the net weight of goods.
lien
連 together with ； to be connected with or in-
separable from.
連 皮 the emhallage connected with the goods.
kuo
過种 to pass the scales ； to be weighed.
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fh'u 除皮核 -贫之 to calculate [the net weight] by
• il,'，lm'ting the emhalhge ； to tare.
chun 據出 to select from ； to pick out.
poo 包 皮 t nthallttfjf.
t'ui 推 （二推 箅) to reckon.
tz'A 此 曰 the same day.
luH 说定 to settle by discussion ； to decide about.
huan 接 to postpone.
Hen 填 簿 to insert in a book or register.
mien 免 後 難更易 so that afterwards there may
ii>> aitlKuIly in altering.
ho 核斷 tu Haish a calculation.
ting 登 壞 to insert or to enter (as in a book).
chia 價低減 to deterionite in value. *
kuan 關 吏 Custom House officers.
li ^ nn otftter ； u deputy.
chih 置 to arran}^e.
置 辦 to ； irn»n<:e; to settle.
yen 嚴防 偷漏 to prevent the revenue from suffering
by t'nunl or smuggling. [P. 194]
hsiang 相 to look at.
相 度 to consider the steps to be taken ； to adopt
the proper means.
to 度 to consider.
chi 機 to use :vn opportunity ； to watch the right mo-
ment for.
機宜 to consider a projm ； to judge proper.
pien 便 宜 having full power to act without reference
to a superior ； to do as one pleases ； cheap ； advan-
tageous.
i 以 杜弊端 ill order to restrict malpractices.
skih 式 顏 class ； category.
ch^a 査 抄 to seize for confiscation.
ch'ao 抄 to seize ； to confiscate.
chang 張 目 accounts.
ch'ii 驅 to expel.
驅 除 ti) expel ； to send away.
shov 收 辦 t" receive ； to appropriate.
Document No. 109. [p. 195]
chHng 淸 正 pure and upright.
淸 正持躬 to maintain one's person pure and
upright ； to lead a spotless life.
ch'ih 持 身 5 to preserve one's integrity.
kunfj 躬 the body ； one's person.
chi7ig 精 詳謀國 to be ； i clear-headed poiitician and
patriot.
WOW 謀國 to make plans for one's country,
chinuj 忠 純 honest and solid.
lianfj 亮 clear ； light.
亮 直 clear-headed and straightforward.
ch^eng 誠 懇 sincere and earnest.
¥in 懇 to beg ； truly ； earnest.
kunfj 公 明 just and intelligent.
2yn 部 曹 member of one of the six Boards.
ts'ao 曹 an official.
WC71 文宗顯 Wen Tsung Hsieii (the dynastic title of
the kite Emperor Hsien Feng).
hsien 顯 conspicuous ； illustrious (as a deceased hero
whose example is always conspicuous amongst the
living geueration).
t^i 特 達 special intelligence.
chih 知 to be known.
chien 荐 (used for chien 薦) to set forth ； to bring to the
front (as a meritorious official for promotion).
chHng Jj^ a second director in an Imperial Court. Cf.
ch^ing 卿， Document No. 46, p. 78.
chiln 軍 機大臣 ：、， Minister of the Grand Council.
Cf. rludi 軍 機 處， Document No. 46, p. 78.
hsmg 行走 to go (in and out) ； one who goes in and out
at au office in order to learn its routine, without
being a real member ； an associate ； i\ supernu-
merary.
兩 宫 the two Empresses {sec Mayers' "The Chi-
nei>e Government," No. 2， p. i).
h 漏" J 皇太后 iiu Empress Dowager.
m" 穆 majestic.
穆宗毅 Mu Tsung I (the dynastic title uf the
late Emperor T'ung Chih).
■i 毅 stern ； resolute.
《 倚 to depend ou.
倚 界 an important trust.
l)i 畏 to confer on ； to give.
籠 馬 賊 mounted robbers.
ssil 肆 reckless ； dissolute.
肆 擾 to infest [a place] with robbers.
jfto 擾 to trouble ； to infest.
tai 帶 兵 to lead au army, or troops.
ch'u 出 關 to cross the provincial boundary, or the
Great Wall at Shan-hai-kuan.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
80
chiao
lai
¥o
hsilan
chien
Iwi
fei
shcii
/"
pi
kuo
mill
li
so
chin
ch^ou
ku
hung
ku
Hi
chi
lao
chi
¥ai
k'uan
yii
chm
sJmng
勤 to attack ； to destroy and scatter the force of an
enemy,
勸捕 to make a clean sweep (as of a band of
賴 to depend upon. •
廳 wide ； spacious.
腐 淸 spacious and clear.
旋 forthwith.
簡 to seL'ct.
簡住 to choose for a post.
输 to twist silk.
輪 扉 the silken gate ； the Imperial Palace ； the
Court.
扉 a door.
深資 to be a great help.
輔 to aid ； to assist.
輔 5S5 to assist (the Throne).
弼 to assist (as a statesman assists his monarch).
國 p 十 government plans ； politics.
民 生 the people's maintenance.
利 病 advantage and disease ； i.e,, good and evil.
所 關 [all] that pertains to.
盡 心 to exhaust one's heart ； to take the greatest
trouble about.
簿晝 to devise schemes.
股 the thigh of a leg.
股 膽 the legs and arms [of the monarch] ； "-， his
highest officers, "his right hand."
月玄 the arm.
股 Jte 心脊 the right hand and back bone of
Imperial power.
脊 the back bone.
積 勞 to amass labour ； accumulation of toilsome
work.
勞 toil ； exertion ； merit.
成疾 to contract a disease.
疾 sickness.
開缺 to open a vacancy ； to quit one's post.
寬予 假期 to liberally grant a term of leave.
予 假 to grant leave.
御 醫 an Imperial physician.
^ to examine.
診 視 to see and examine a patient (as a physician
does).
賞紛 to make a present of.
安心 to make one's heart easy,
"ao 調 to regulate ； to mix or compound.
調理 to nurse one's health.
chcio 召 to summon.
召見 to call to court ； to assemble at court.
tich 迭 alternate.
迭 次 repeatedly.
t7i("i 垂 to drop down ； to condescend.
垂 詢 to condescend to inquiiu ； [the Eiiiperor]
inquiring after a subject's health.
f 舰 g 方 just then ； at the same time.
方 冀 at the same time wishing.
h'o 克 able to.
克导 to be al>le to enjoy life ； to enjoy good
health.
hsiang 享 to enjoy.
hsia 返 distant ； advanced in years.
ill 齡 to become very old ； old age.
ling 齢 the front teeth ； one's age.
ch'ang 長承 to receive for a long time.
en 恩 眷 Imperial favour.
k'o \^ (used for ^ h'o) to comply with; to die.
'i 盍 逝 to depart for a better life ； to die (said of
the death of high officials).
shih 5^ to depart ； to die.
chcn 震 to shake ； to alarm.
震 悼 to be shocked \vith grief.
tao 悼 afflicted ； to grieve for.
Hang 哀 j/ood ； very ； in a high degree.
真 深 very luuch ； deeply.
cho 着 (or 著) I, the Emperor, command that; let (in
Imperial edicts).
t'o 陀 雜 經 被 a pall with Buddhist prayers em-
broidered on it.
P 它 羅 、t'o-lo = 陀 羅尼， t'o-lo-7it〕 the Sanskrit
dharani, a Buddhist prayer.
ching 經 a canon ； religious books ； Buddhist prayers.
pei 被 a bed cover ； to cover.
chiin J|> 王 a prince of the 2nd order.
2)ei 貝勒 a hei-U, or prince of the 3rd order.
tai 帶 頜 to conduct ； to escort.
shih 侍 to accompany ； to follow (as an attendant).
侍 衛 Imperial guards.
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tUn 奠 to offer libntions to a god.
奠 匿 3 to sacrifice to the gods.
rho 接 ( = IS) to offer libations.
1/ti 予 ^£ to confer a posthumous title.
^hih ；盆 n posthumous title.
fAirt 晋 to increase,
普 S9 to bestow increased rank.
fstng 贈 to give ； to bestow.
t'ai 太 博 a Grant! Tutor (see Mayers' " TIic Chinese
(； ovcrnment," No. 13S).
tzUl 賜 to grant special rewards [to the family of a
deceased official].
hs'd 郭 rpwanis bestowed on the fiimilies of deceased
hi^ih officials.
j" 入祀 to sacrifice before an ancestral tablet.
滅 祀 to offer sacrifices.
hsim 賢良祠 the Temple of "Wisdom and Goodness.
'-(ft jfip] an ancestral hall ； to offer sacrifice to ancestors.
kuang 廣儲 司 the Treasury of the Privy Purse {see
Mavkiw' " The Chinese Government," No. 67).
儲 to collect ； to accumulate.
騎都 # a Oh'i-hi-vei, of the 7th degree of
lu-reilitary nobility (see Mayers' "The Chinese
Government," No. 455).
shih 世 a generation ； hereditary.
世 職 hereditary office.
i 伊 he'， his.
hsiao 孝 filial piety ； the period of inourBing for a parent.
孝 満 the expiration of the period of raoiirning
for a parent,
cV^rtgr 承 襲 to enter upon hereditary rank.
/ts£ 襲 hereditary ； to inherit.
jc» 任 內 belonging to one's office; during the time
of one's holding ； in office.
cVm 處 分 fines and other punishments imposed upon
an official.
開 f 复 to recover ； to restore.
Asii 郞 與 regulations for bestowing posthumous hon-
ours.
'■/wio 照 料 to superintend ； to manage.
'ao 到 ^ to arrive at one's banner or at one's home
(>;:ui:l of a Mancliu soldier).
te'ii 賜 祭 to bestow sacrifices (so as to honour the
spirit of a deceased).
* —壇 one altar ； one spread (as of sacrifices to be
offorod).
〃aw 域 an altar for sacrificing.
tu
dim
chih
ju
fa
fa
fz'fc
tuan
¥ang
rhao
cliuang
kn
hi
chHng
wang
chi
lin
fzil
tsai
ch^eng
f^ng
sMn
tz%
lung
li
用示 by means of a proclamation ； to show,
express, thereby.
篤 very much ； highly.
篤念 to keep in high memory.
蓋 faithful.
蓋臣 a loyal, faithful officer.
至 意 to wish for ardently.
Document No. 110.
[p. 196]
朕 I， the Emperor ； We.
入承大 '"f 充 to take charge of the Empire.
大 統 the great whole, i.e., the charge of Empire ；
the Throne.
仰蒙 to receive respectfully.
大 行 the ^reat journey ； having gone the great
journey ； defunct (applied to an Emperor or an
Empress).
慈 安 the late Empress Dowager Tz*u-an.
端 !§■ upright and generous.
端^ 康慶昭 和莊敬 T"nn-yit K'ang-
ch'tng t'Jiao-ho Chna)i<i-chi)ig ; the honorary name
(hui'hao, 凝 號) of the Empress Dowager Tz'iJ-
AN.
康 the feeling of vigour.
康 慶 healthy-minded and joyful.
昭 % bright and accordant.
莊 sedate ； serious.
莊 敬 serious and respectful.
威 復 to remember kindly; to take protective care.
恩 慈 kindness and mercy.
情 深 the depth of affection.
罔 not ； without.
罔 極 limitless; illimitable.
極 the utmost point ； a limit.
臨 御 to occupy the Throne.
兹 this ； these.
載 a year ； years,
承 歡 to receive pleasure.
奉養 to respectfully nurse ； i.e., to bestow filial
care on one's parent.
深 荷 deeply obliged.
慈 'If^ kind and joyful.
動履 to move about.
履 to walk.
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k'ang 康 强 robust ； strong.
hsiii BFf morniug ； day.
听 宵 day and night ； at all times.
hsiao 宵 night ； at night.
chHn 勤 diligoat.
勤 政 attentive to Government work.
ssH 私 private ； oneself ； one's own.
私 心 one's own heart ； my heart ； partial.
ch'ing 慶 慰 tu feel consoled.
wei 慰 to soothe ； to console.
yen 延 满 a long period of happiness.
ch'i 鹏 fortunate ； lucky.
i 签算 to add.
ch'i 期 頓 very old age ； a centenarian.
i 願 the chin ； the 27th diagnim, denoting "to feed ； "
hence, a man so old that he has to be fed.
tz^a 慈 kindness ； mercy ； the standing epithet for
motliers ； just as yen (嚴 )， stern, is the epithet
for fathers ； hence, 纏 母， " my mother;"
嚴 父， "liiy father."
慈 躬 my mother's body.
ou 偶 爾 accidentally.
crh 爾 you (often has the force of making an adverb
of the word preceding it).
u'ei 違 和 to become unwell ； to fall sick.
t'ang 湯 藥 broth and medicines.
t'iao 調 to harmonise ； to restore harmony.
調治 Ji cure ； to cure.
chill 治 to govern ； to heal ； to cure.
chiu 就 to follow ； immediately ； forthwith.
'ping 病 勢 the feUite of a disease.
fou 陆 suddenly.
陆重 to aggravate suddenly (as a disease).
"an 痰 phlegm,
疲湧 to cough up phlegm.
yung 湧 to bubble ； to rise.
ch'i 氣 塞 the stopping of the breath.
sai 塞 to stop (as a hole) ； to hinder.
ta 大 漸 to increase considerably.
chii 遽 suddenly.
hsu 戌 the eleventh of the twelve branches ； applied to
time, the eleventh Chinese hour of the day, i.e.,
about 7 to 9 P.M.
Men 讪 the fairy ride, i.e., death ； to die.
y" 1^ to drive a horse.
s/it""y J\ to rise to the distant knd; i.e., to die.
hsia distant.
呼 to call out for,
呼搶 （二 卩 -f 天 t& 地） to call to heaven and
hit tlie ground w ith the head ； i.e., to feel pangs oi'
grief.
chHang 搶 to tiike by force ； to rush against.
" gi'ief ； iniin.
■ ^號 to scream from pain or grief.
hao 號 to scream.
ho ^ why.
其有極 why should it come to this ？ why
should she come to her death ？ Cf. " Sluh-king,"
I， X， 8, 2, where Legge translates "when shall
[our service] have au end ？))
遗
to leave ； to bequeath (as when dying).
Ha the dying commands.
誥
to enjoin upon.
sang
喪
to mourn.
喪
服 mourning clothes ； to wear mourning.
chcn
朕
心 Our Imperial heart.
nan
難
安 difficult to appease.
ch' uan
穿
to put on garments.
穿孝 to put on the garment of filial piety, i.e.,
white mourning clothes (as worn for the first
hundred days after the death of a parent) ； to
mourn for a parent.
su 素 服 ordinary mourning clothes (as worn after
the term of strict mourning is over) ； half-
inourning.
shao 稍 申 to explain somewhat ； to show to a certain
extent.
shm 申 (= 申 明) to explain.
ai 哀 'j' 困 the sentiments of grief.
k^uii »f 困 real feelings ot sentiments.
mien 勉 to urge ； to use effort.
勉節 to use effort in abridging.
chieh 節 to abridge.
ai 哀 思 thoughts of grief,
i 一 (二一 切) all; throughout ； to be one with ；
to be the same as. -
i <y 國 事爲重 to keep Government matters iu
due regard.
tz'H 慈 膽 the Empress Dowager Tz(C-iisi.
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hian 端 佑 an upright help ； ft true help.
端 Hi W[ 昭 豫莊誠 ？^" a"-?/" ，- i
C/iuo-'/'i r/nutn(/-i-/i'cit(/ ; the honorary name (hm-
hao. 银號） of (he Empress Dowager T//C-nsi.
Note the parallelism in the sets of names given
to the two Empresses Tz'd-AX and Tz'C-iisi, each
of which contains, with the principal name, ten
chanuters in tivc dissyllables, the Hrst character
in cjicli pair being common to both Empresses.
ifu 佑 to assist.
tang 康 頭 enjoying robust age.
rhao D3 l*ii;lht ； intelligent.
昭 豫 intelligent and contented (of a well-balanced
miud).
if a 豫 contented ； to be comfortable.
rhuang 莊 誠 serious and truthful.
i-hino 敎育 to supply spiritual and bodily food.
tfii 育 to rear ； to maintain.
kan 敢 to dare ； can ； also in the interrogative,^ and
hence negative, sense, can I ？ should I ？ ".， I
cannot, I dare not (= 豈 敢， how can I? I dare
not).
敢不 敬遂 lum' coiilfl I dare not to respectfully
oV.oy ？
chinff 敬甚 to respectfully obey.
% 遺命 the dying commands.
mien 勉加 to make an effort.
i 抑 to repress.
抑 制 to restrain ； restraint.
♦'Mh 制 to limit.
ta 大喪 general mourning ； the funeral of an Emperor.
sang 喪 to mourn ； a funeral.
H 體 儀 the ceremonial.
ffii 御前大 臣 a Grand Chamberlain {sec Maters'
"The Chinese Government," No. 103).
hsieh 協 辦 to assist ； an assistant (as an Assistant Grand
Secret-ary).
ching 敬 謹管理 to superintend with due reverence
an<i care.
kung 恭錄 to respectfully copy or record.
Document No. 111. [p. 197]
thih §1) Vice-President of a Board (see Mayers'
" The Chinese Government," No. 161).
hou 候铺道 an Expectant Taot*ai.
' ho 著充 I， the Emperor, command to fill the post
of ； We hereby appoint as.
ch'u 出 使 to be sent abroad (as an envoy).
pin(j 並 and ； also ； at the same time.
chiug 京堂 a director of a court in the Imperial House-
hold {see Mayers' " The Chinese Government,''
No. 232).
t'ung 同 知 a Sub-Prefect {sec M avers' " The Chinese
(jJovernment," No. 282).
tsun 遵悉 to be apprised of for one's guidance.
Document No. 112. [p. 198]
ckuan
罕§ 達 to forward ； to send on.
chih
執政 a Government official.
ching
1^ Government administration.
hui
jiifc * ■ 1， 1舞
曾函 to conjointly discuss.
chmg
整 to repair ； to arrange.
整理 to arrange for ； to manage.
hsilati
銜 to display for sale ； to seek praise.
© 奇院 an exhibition court.
ckH
奇 strange ； rare things ； curiosities.
pa
G §1 ^ M the capital city of pa-Hf i.e.^ Paris.
jih
曰不多 in a short time.
tin
j§ to select.
遗派 to appoint.
chHeh
切 實 true and sincere ； trustworthy.
t'o
妥員 reliable officer.
擺 to expose ； to arrange (as articles for sale).
擺 to arrange ； to set up.
wci 微 $ 田之事 the details (as opposed to the general
features of an affair).
t'o 妥 爲商辧 to deliberate upon.
tsung 總 理委員 a deputy in general charge of matters.
Jcung 公會 a national assembly ； a universal exhibition.
sai 赛 to emulate ； to try who can make the best show.
賽 奇公會 an industrial exhibition.
Document No. 113. [p. 199]
teng 等 因 {see Document No. 26, p. 55). This phrase is
sometimes inserted in copies of documents when
the tenor of another document, which in the
original appears at full length, is omitted for
the sake of convenience. C'f, Yiin-yi'm (3：^ 3^)，
Document No. 76, p. 136.
tsu 助 to co-operate.
sai 赛 奇物件 exhibits (at an industrial exhibition).
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
93
Document No. 114.
liien 年 節 New Year's day,
tsao 早 morning ； in the morning ； early.
Km 午後 afternoon.
pan 辦夜 to do official work; to be on duty ； to Avork
for the public.
rJmang 装 卸 to ship and discharge goods ； to "work" (as
a vessel iu port).
ych 夜 中 at night ； "after hours."
tmu 遵 總 to submit to the payment of.
vhuan 專單費 the fee for a special permit.
H 睡 經 to have [done] up to the present.
jai 人 所共知 i"s known to everybody ； the public
are aware of it.
' 異 詞 different language ； dissent ； difference of
opinion.
jih 日 期 fixed days ； terms.
''hick 藉生 CJ 舌 to make use of a matter as a pretext
to create altercations or quarrels.
h'ou p 舌 altercation.
n'llan 遠涉 to come from afar ； far-travelled.
tsung 從繁 to follow, or to cause to follow, many (as
many restrictive rules) ； to impose a great many
(as holidays to be kept). [p. 200]
fo % % to fix upon a great number.
fsun 遵 奉之日 days to be kept as holidays.
hu 忽 § 不論 to carelessly refuse discussing ； to
take no notice of (as a matter one need not care
about).
忽 careless.
聰 三四月 間新月 後之禮 拜五， the Friday
following after the new moon in the third or
fourth Chinese month ； i.e., Good Friday.
hsiii 新 月 the new moon.
" 禮拜五 Friday.
huanfj 皇 上 His Majesty the Emperor.
wan 萬 壽 lit, the "Ten Thousand Ages" ； the Emperor's
bii'tbday.
'shou 守 to observe (as a rule).
t'o 妥 善 safe and good ； properly managed.
i 以 免饒舌 in order to avoid altercation.
shih 是 否可行 whether or not it may be done.
Document No. 115.
[p. 201]
2)u
ku
Jc'an
chi
shih
t'o
fin
ai
chieh
Jco 各 省 the Prov inces.
chill 救 護章程 salvage retaliations.
不"一 而足 not codKiuhI to one ； more than one.
固 (= 本 來) originally ； in itself.
固厲堪 ® to be in itself frau;^lit with danger ；
to n)nstitute a danger itself (not to speak of other
dangers).
堪 虞 able to be dangerous ； i'r;iu"'ht with danger.
亟 promptly ； urgently.
事 前 before iiuittcrs [go wrong] ； before some-
thin happens.
妥 派巡船 to send out cruisers.
分布 to distribute over ； to spread over (as over
the country).
要 IS 各口 the important approaches (of traffic).
1^ a pass.
却 to rob ； to take by force.
却 搶 to rob ； highway robbers.
ck'iang 搶 to rob ； to plunder.
kan 趕 to pursue.
趕緊 to pursue closely.
追挈 to pursue and seize.
按 律 according to law.
毋令 ― 名漏網 do not let one man escape,
漏網 to escape (as out of a net).
網 a net.
庶 so that there be hope for ； with a view to.
盜 風 the habit of robbing ； thievish propensities
(amongst the population).
Ml wind ； the spirit of; the habits of.
稍 to gradually lay aside.
戴 to lay aside (as arms in time of peace).
藉足以 by means of which ； the availing one-
self [of which] is apt to.
sui 緩 to tranquillise.
緩 靖 to tranquillise ； to restore peace.
chi7ig 靖 peaceful ； to establish peace ； to tranquillise.
pao 保 衛 to protect.
chui
lou
wan(j
shu
tao
fcng
shao
chH
ckich
Document No. 116.
[p. 202]
pet
被 搶 to be plundered.
閩 浙 總 督 the Governor-General of Fukien nml
Chekiaug.
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t'n(j ^ after 11 single niiiue or title, " ami others." Cf.
ting 等， Document No. i6, p. 19.
hui 會咨 to make u joint communication.
hsitiii'i a munlerer ； a criminal.
5 &要各 《Q murderers and [other] important
criininals.
3E H criminal.
藩 to investigate (as a criminal case).
^ 明 to investigate ； to try (as a case).
' }J| decide (as in a. criminal case).
is 辦 to give judgment ； to sentence.
fhu that belongs to the jurisdiction of; subor-
dinates.
fanff 防 患 to guard against calamities.
icei 未 然 not so ； tliat which has not occurred yet; e.g.,
RJ^f 患於未 然, to take steps against calamities
belore tlu-y occur.
chii 具奏 to present a memorial to the Throne.
chii 車行 to commence ； to put into operation.
ch^iiifj 請筋 to ask for instructions ； be pleased to in-
struct.
h'Hf 恭措 to respectfully memorialise.
yang 仰 祈 to humbly pray for.
shcng 聖 holy ； sacred. [p. 203]
聖 璧 the sacred glance ； the Emperor's approval.
pci 被殺 to be killed.
chHang 搶 楚 to plunder.
shang 上 年 last year.
督 撫 Viceroy and Governor.
tieh 迭 次 repeatedly.
催 to urge.
Chiang 將軍 a Tartar General (see Mayers' " The Chinese
Government," No. 426).
hsing 刑 部 the Board of Punishments.
速^， 具奏 to speedily deliberate and report to
the Throne [upon a matter].
han 函稱 to state in a letter.
3«i 被 毀 to be broken to pieces (as a vessel by plun-
derers).
chien 尖 (二 錢？) locally (at Amoy), a cent ； dollar.
tsimg 總 須 must all ； must on any account.
shou 收 百乞 to receive all, or in full.
chui 追出 to trace out ； to find out on sifting matte^.
tsa7ig 赃 ( = 繊) to bribe ； booty ； boot.
赃 物 spoil ； plunder.
che 折銀 to calculate an amount of money.
pail 辦妥 to manage satisfactorily ； to settle.
i Jil 55 後患 in order to forestall calamities.
mi 5? to stop ； to put down.
ti 底 稿 a draft.
Icao 稿 the draft of a document ； an original copy. •
chii 居民 >\ 等 the inhabitants.
yu 有 之 there is ； there are.
pcfiff a side creek ； a canal.
ch^iian 勸戒 to caution.
定 擬 to decide ； to give judgment.
/" 覆 奏 to report back to the Throne ； to memorialise
ch'cn 臣 衙 門 my, the Minister's, yamen or office.
chin 盖 力 to exert one's strength ； to the best of one's
ability.
ch/ui 追 纖 to sue for payment.
yd 御 覽 the Emperor's view ； for His Majesty's in-
spection.
chHng 言青旨 下 to ask for the Emperor's orders to
his subordinate officers.
i 以 期相安 so that mutual peace may be hoped
for.
漏 無事 no trouble ； peace.
shih 是 否有當 whether or not it ought to be thus ；
\vlietlier it is the proper course to adopt.
fu 伏乞 to humbly pray for.
huang 皇上寧 藝訓示 the instructions from His
Imperial Majesty's sacred glance. [p. 204]
"rto 條 規 regulations.
ting 定 她 段 to divide the country into sections.
i 以 專責成 in order to impose responsibility.
tuo 島 嶼 islands.
hsing 星 羅 scattered about like stars.
ch'dan 大 a dog.
夭 牙交錯 interlocked like dogs' teeth.
ts^o 錯 confused ； mixed.
chieh 界 址 boundaries.
ckih 址 the limits of a lot of land.
t^ing 廳 縣 territorial magistrates.
ying 營 f 凡 military stations.
tuan 段 a section of the coast line, comprising a distance
of 10 li,
ch'ih 令 to order ； to instruct.
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chiit 就 近 neighbouring ； near ； the nearest.
公 正 public spirited and upright in character.
sM/i 系申 a sash ； a girdle ； the gentry.
绅 誉 the gentry and elders.
e】" 書 old ； elders ； seniors.
pdo 保舉 to recommend.
〃 1 也 甲 the titlting system by which one man is
maile responsible for the behaviour of his district ；
an elder.
chia 甲 a ward, or beat, for keeping watch over a sub-
division of the community.
chH 誉老 an elder.
t'ou 頭 目 an overseer ； a chief.
l《ch 列 名 ]J3" 幸艮 to report names entered on a list.
p'iao 漂撞 to shipwreck.
ckiao 碟淺 to ground (as a vessel) ； to touch a rock.
j 仏 H in the daytime (as opposed to nighttime).
^0 高掛 to suspend high up.
chieh 接 to connect ； contiguous.
接 懸 to suspend one above the other, in a con-
tiguous line.
i 以 JJ^ 求救 in order to show that rescue is re-
quired ； to make signals of distress.
skill 求救 to make signals of distress,
tsai 在 地 on land (as opposed to the sea),
chii 居 民 the inhabitants.
yil 漁 戸 fishermen.
chi |p 時 forthwith ； at once.
shou 首 the head ； what is or ought to be done first ； in
the first instance.
首 報 to report first, or in the first instance.
fci 飛 報 a flying message.
hsiin ^ 宫 officers in charge of military stations,
/w 夫 a workman ； a coolie.
夫 船 workmen and boats.
chi 集 服 to collect small bits of fur [and thus make
a coat] ； to make use of many trifles in order
to obtain great results ； " every little helps ； " cf.
the Scotch phrase " niony a little maks a
muckle."
yeh 胺 the armpits ； pieces of fur taken from under a
fox's legs (such as are sewn together into coats
and jackets).
fsu 助救 to assist in rescuing ； to come to the rescue.
tven 簡 報 to receive a report.
tic 督 率 to lead (as soldiers) ； to place oneself at the
head of; to direct (as a body of workmen).
兵 役 soldiers and runners.
c/t' 仏 delay.
i 賜 载信之 A messengers,
s 腿 失事 to miss one's aim ； to shipwreck.
勒 to coerce.
勒索 to extort ； to " squeeze."
s/"7t 使 費 expenses ； charges.
shan(f 賞 罰 rewards and punishments.
^ ■Ki 免 乘 in order to avoiu the shiftiui^ of
responsibility.
superiors.
/(m 藩 司 the Fant'ai or Prov-incial Treasurer.
註 册 to enter on a list.
c)" 記 J5 to record merit.
cho 酌 記 to decide upon recording (as an officer's
name for a reward).
纖《 外 獎 an exceptional reward ； "-， a reward not
granted by the Emperor, but by the provincial
authorities.
" 題 升 to recommend for promotion.
七 不優獎 order to show, or luai'k, special
merit.
shang 上次 a first and a second time ； of the first and
second class.
to 勞 to exert oneself.
勞 績 merit.
chi 績 merit.
pie7i 愿 a signboard ； a tablet.
, 菌額 a laudatory tablet,
《 昭 激 勸 for the sake of encouragement.
fs'au 恭戀 to punish by impeachment.
chill 救援 to rescue.
yiian 援 to assist ； to rescue.
hsi 希冀 to desire.
fen 分 肥 to divert undue advantages to oneself.
fei 肥 fat ； to fatten ； rich ； to enrich [oneself].
fin 分 別 輕 重 light or heavy, as the case may be
(said of punishment). [p. 205]
wang 望 見 to see ； to observe.
shou 首 先 first.
pao 報 知 to bring to the knowledge of; to report.
skoit 首 功 first-class merit.
hua 花紅 ii reward.
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fo 多至 up to [so much] in quantity ； at the most
u|i to ； not exceed iog.
hsU.i 險 illft a vessel in distress.
li 力 strength ； to be able to.
tza 自存 to support oneself; to be able to do without
hun iK 行上船 to board a ship promiscuously and
without permission.
yiiaii 援救 to rescue.
thih 指 揮 to give directions ； directions.
/""' 揮 to direct.
tuny 動手 to move hands ； to go to work.
chi 寄頓 to send for storage.
tu'i 頓 to lay down ； to store.
搬 to shift ； to move.
搬 取 to move away ； to shift.
,5a 私 g 藏匿 to conceal fraudulently.
ch'ueh 確 據 proved by fact; criminative evidence ； cri-
minative.
chUc 出 首 to come out first; to be the first to reveal a
fact.
fso 整 to bore ； to dig; to sift a matter ； to furnish
evidence.
mi 誕 to deceive ； to lie.
誕 iM. to accuse falsely.
fan 反坐 on the contrary, to be guilty [oneself] ； to
hriu^ a charge back on one's own head (as a false
accuser does).
ch'ou 糊 to requite.
翻勞 to reward merit.
i 以 資鼓勵 for the sake of encouragement.
kn 鼓 ； I drum ； to drum ； to stimulate.
鼓 勵 to "drum to exertion;" to encourage.
li 勵 to animate ； to encourage.
chill 救 起之貨 goods saved from wrecks ； salvage.
ch'u 出 人多寡 the amount received (人) after de-
ductiDg expenses (出) ； the net amount.
na7t 難 易 hard or easy ； the relative difficulty of a
matter,
ch'ou 抽 撥 to divide in per-centages ； to allot in propor-
tion to.
ch^ung 3£ 賞 to serve as a reward ； as, or in lieu of, a
reward.
shih 食 food ； provisions.
ch'uan 舶 夫 boatmen ； sailors.
tzH 資 5^ to assist in forwarding ； to send with pre-
sents of money, etc. (as a destitute to his home).
資 紛 to provide with means of support by way
of assistance (as a destitute).
p'an
盤 to move ； to travel.
盤 川 travelling expenses.
hui
回國 to return to one's country.
jbt 力 not having the power of; being unable to;
incapable.
hui
冥 竿 to make a collective report to.
po
殿 tM to re-appropriate ； to recover [funds defrayeaj.
hsii
m. empty.
度 但 to make a fictitious report.
fing
風 壽 wind and waves ； bad weather at sea.
t'ao
壽 billows ； a heavy sea.
hsiung
询 a great rush of water ； a heavy sea.
J ffll Xlit I Llalllllg Ui WtlVcb ill llcdV J oca>
s 腿
IWy 10 Ucsbu W J LU iclicvc j v\J icoi/UC
pu
^\ fx not able to reach ； not wxtnin reach.
an
安 peaceful ； contented with.
安天命 contented with Heaven's decree ； to sub-
mit to fate.
tHm
天 命 Heaven's decree ； fate ； destiny.
chit
称 (二 誅) to punish; to reprove ； to involve for
another's crime.
称連 to involve in punishment.
Jcicang
廣曉諭 to give wide circulation ； to make pro-
ClitilJ tlLIt.lLl c V cl V VV Uci c.
•kA ^ TPCi in Older to warn , m uruci lu caULiuii
(as a warning).
hai
海 濱 the sea-coast.
愚 stupid.
愚 民 the stupid people ； the common people ； the
ignorant.
yu
^ 賈 to be rewarded.
有罰 to be attended with punishment.
tso
坐 視 to sit and see ； i.e., to look on without acting.
huo
威致 or even.
yen
嚴 如告誠 to add strict warnings.
shu
書寫 to write ； to copy.
mil
木牌； X wooden board.
pien
過 everywhere.
遍處 懸掛 to hang up, or exliibit, everywhere
(as a proclamatioa).
愚 人 the common people.
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yu 有 功 inoritorious.
jew A A everybody ； all men.
nien 念 to think of; thought ； idea.
hsiiimj 朐 the breast; Jig., the mind.
W"7i 視爲 to look [at a matter] as ； to consider as.
观 無足重 輕之皋 a matter of insufficient im-
portance.
t'/tii 舉 a matter proposed ； a proposition.
Document No. 117.
mien 面！ ^ to discuss personally.
hni 會商 to consult with.
cMn 具 正 real ； regular ； in the proper sense of the
woi J ； bond Jide.
huan 換 取現銀 to exchange for cash. [p. 207]
hsien 現 銀 ready money ； cash.
t'inf/ f;| 商 自便 at the merchant's option.
chHh It; 屬遵 {10 to instruct one's subordinates for
their guidance.
Document No. 118.
ping 兵 部 the Board of War.
】醫 火票 a huo-pHao (a despatch of great importance,
forwarded, through the Board of War, by special
fast couriers).
ti 遞 to give ； to hand to.
腸 三口通 商大臣 the Minister Superintendent
of the Three Ports (formerly the only ones open
to trade). ' [p. 208]
t& 德-意 志多國 the States of the North-German
Confetleration ； the German States.
/«- 法 郞 西 (fa-Jang-hsi) France ； French.
ch^ao 抄 to annex, or enclose, a copy,
憎 t 毋 違 特 札 special instructions not to be dis-
obeyed.
溯 to trace up to a source.
翻 査 considering the oricjiii of a matter ； [on going
back to the beginning of the matter] I tind that.
hiei 貴 王 Your Highness.
貴 王大臣 Your Hioliness {i.e., Prince Kung)
ami the other Ministers [of the Tsungli Yamen].
hui 回 文 an official reply.
pei 北 德 意 志公會 the North-Geruian Confed-
eratiou.
tsung 總 管 to have the general control of.
^ 議事廳 an offioe for the discussion of public
mutters ； a Oliaiu-ellor's office ； a ministry.
徵事 事 務大臣 the r-hancellor of the
[German] Kiiipiiv ； the Bundcskanzler.
s/i 仏 事 務大臣 ； I Minister in charge of affairs.
pi 璧期 3 馬 /"•-."("^H'rt (the name of Prince Bismarck).
公會 a confederation ； a union.
^^ng =g to believe ； to think. [p. 209]
hsiin 循 理 to follow reason ； reasonable.
shm 願 1.) wish sincerely.
Act" 謝 i)^ (han-hsich ch^cng) the Haiise towns in
Gernuiuy.
人 0 ？ U 好 to conclude friendsliip ； peace and friendship.
不 妥之處 passages not quite in order and re-
quiring correction.
tsai 再 者 further. [p. 210]
改正 to correct (as a document).
"wng 同 意 of the same opinion,
chiao 交 淸 to pay an amount in full.
s^ian 算 to consider as.
i 意 見不同 to Ije of a different opinion.
ch'in 親 手畫押 to sign with one's own Land ； to
affix erne's signature.
chHm ^ an official stamp.
铃 盖關防 to affix one's seal.
Document No. 119.
雷 午 刻 at noon.
shan(j 上 水 to go up river.
chHen J 千 手 a tide waiter (= J 千子 手， sec Document
No. 50， p. 94).
hna 划 a pinnace ； a scow.
划船 an open boat ； a sampan.
ts'ang |j| 底 at the bottom of a ship's hold.
提 成分賞 to allot rewards. [p. 211]
/t ，？ I 分成 to distribute in portions.
干 例 禁 to offend against what is prohibited
by law.
ssU 司事 a manager.
ho 何 （= 何以） why? how?
f^L to crook ； to bend.
§ 先 法 to pervert the law.
ying 營 to do ； to make.
營私 to practise smuggling.
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f/iV fjji to siarch thoroughly.
jjji 査 tit siiiR-h out ； to sift to the bottom.
i 以 j^i jJf 政 in order to inspire respect for the
Siill Ciabel.
tfu 窗 re^ipectful; to inspire awe.
ts'o li: brine; salt.
政 the Suit Administration ； the Suit Gabel.
chimj 傲 {= ^J) to warn ； to urge to reform.
傲將來 to be :i warninj,' for the future,
sha" 担便 to act on one's own authority.
chUt in column 4 of p. 2 1 1, in correlation with ami
inc-hulinn; the 393 characters down to 外 (uni)
in column i of p. 212 : besides (duiiig all that is
said betweea ch^u and wai).
ch'a 査 獲私盘 to seize smuggled salt.
Inan 官 欽 otficiul moneys.
ch(ii 驅逐 to expel.
ch'c 撳究 （二; ^撒 任究 辦） to remove from office
and puni.-^li.
fa 罰 欽淸冊 a report of fines and confiscations.
skaufj 商 the " Merchants' Company " ； i.e., the China
Merchants' Coiupanj'.
cMnff 正 just ； just at the time when.
正 tt 辦 間 just at the time wlieu matters
were aiTanged.
fA'ou 簿 辦 to arrange ； to plan.
tan 胆 （= 膽） the gall.
胆 大 courageous ； bold.
胆 大已極 the extreme of effrontery.
i 已極 having reached the extreme ； extremely.
shcn ']ut 選 to select with care.
chi 繼 to connect ； to follow.
纏又 it follows that also,
yiieh if/j 朿 to restrain.
i —味 of the same style.
led 咏 taste ； flavour ； style.
su 棘 to discard.
M 縱 laxity.
pn 不 威 not to care for.
不 顧大局 not, to care for the puLlic interest ；
to have no regard for society.
ta 大局 the great aims of society ； public interest.
ch' ih ^ to be ashamed ； to be disgraced.
ffi 笑 to get laughed at.
hsiao 笑 to laugh.
chii 居 i\j the heart dwells on ； to set one's heart on.
tu 杜 私 蓮 to stop secret traffic.
ts*unfj 從 寬 to remit ； to treat with leniency ； to mitigate.
ts^m 遵繊 to submit to paying (as a fine).
ts& 責令 to charge with ； to order ； to let.
chii 局 貢 the employes, or clerks, of a public company.
yen 延 抗 to be renitent.
k'ang 抗 to oppose ； to resist.
hung 公 欽 public moneys.
no 挪 纖 to misappropriate funds.
chih 致干 so as to become guilty of.
ts'an 恭 究 to impeach ； impeachment.
y(^ng f(] 遵 照 理 you will be guided by these
in:>truciioiis.
y " 印 發 to seal and issue, or hand back (as a petition
is sealed and handed back with sealed endorse-
ment).
ching 敬慕者 a respectful petition. [p. 212]
hsien 憲 台 (a term, of honour) you ； Your Excellency.
ch'uan 全 叙云^ "as quoted before ； " "see above;"
Ut the complete quotation as stated. Cf. yiin
云 云， Document No. 76, p. 136.
chhian 傳 to send for ； to summon.
傳究 to summon for investigation.
chich 藉 稱 to allege.
'nicng ^11 to deceive.
膝 混 a misunderstanding.
tso 坐 齒 to sit in the ship's hold ； to be in charge of
the ship's hold.
坐 输司事 an employe in charge of a ship's
hold.
t^ung 通 同 to be connected with.
cJl^L j "覺 to perceive ； to be aware of.
覺察 to be aware of and examine.
chut 咎 無可辭 an undeniable offence ； the guilt
canuot be gainsaid.
仏" 辭 to refuse ； to deny.
c/i'e 撒 退 to remove ； to dismiss (as an employ^).
^ 移 縣 to send to the magistrate (for trial or
punishment).
chin 僅 及一年 a year having scarcely elapsed.
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99
shcu(f
f07t
to
huo
ch'ai
chil
iai
hou
tsinifj
1:0
huan
f 化
tzit
shih
shcti
chia
h'o
cMng
is'o
hung
生弊資 to create malpractices ； to commit an
oft'ence.
弊 資 a mistake ； a malpractice.
赏 a hole ； a mistake.
可 惡 detestable ； hateful.
} 惡 to hate.
密札 to give confidential instructions to.
火夫 a fireman (as one who tends the engines of
steamers).
差 拘 to seize ； to arrest.
拘 to grasp ； to seize.
帶驟 to take to the magistrate ； to arrest.
候 質 to await trial.
縱 iiuikinf^ allowance for ； although.
縱不知 'I 冑亦 M 革 換 although tliey did not
know the ciroumstauces, yet the}' are to be re-
moved from office. •
軍 換 to remove from office ； to suspend.
恰 fitly ； properly.
官守 to hold office ； to have jurisdiction.
f 敬效尤 in order to warn against bad ex-
amples.
負 to bear ； to carry on the back.
負咎 to bear [the consequences of] an offence ； to
be blamed for.
滋 numerous ； great ； much ； very.
滋 深 very deeply ； severely.
益矢 to increase in speed ； with increased energy.
矢 ； m arrow ； swift ； to resolve.
愼 Wj careful ； diligent ； diligence.
加 囑 to give additional orders ； to specially
enjoin upou.
恪 遵 to respectfully obey ； to recognise as binding.
整 頓 to set in order ； to arrange ； to repair,
i- 卷 綱 the control of salt matters ； the Salt Gabel.
恭 叩 to respectfully pray ； a respectful petition.
y'dch
tsimg
Document No. 120,
[p. 213]
越 過 to pass over ； to cross (as a barrier).
總 卡 a principal barrier ； a head barrier office.
車 顿 carts ； carriages.
Jiang
iHao
li
tzil
ssU
pao
Pang
ym
SI a classifier of carts or carriages.
挑 to carry.
挑 夫 II porter ； a carrier.
離 卡不遠 not far from the barrier.
自 行赴卡 to go to the barrier office of one's
own ； u'cdnl.
私 自過卡 to cross a barrier clandestinely.
報 卡 to report [goods] at a barrier.
抵卡 to arrive at a barrier.
•ti 便查明 in order to facilitate examination.
倘 或 if perchance ； in case of.
依舊 as before.
因 何 the reason why ； on M'hat account ？
•KJl 不應季 [^子 稅爲詞 to write (or maintain)
that transit dues are not payable.
詞 to write ； to declare in writing.
算 淸 to calculate the proper amount of. [p. 214]
Document No. 121.
tsung
總
署
a head office.
總
辦
a chief manager.
販
運
to traffic.
chit
諸
外
洋 all the foreign seas
i
抑
or ；
or whether.
儡
重
to make a one-sided
difficulty by partiality,
？ 允從 to agree with ； to permit.
ts'ung 從 to agree with.
ivcmg 望； j; to look forward to [the receipt of] instruc-
tions.
chuan 專此 I specially write this note (a concluding
phrase in letters).
shun 順候 I avail myself of this opportunity to present
my kind regards' (a concluding phrase in letters).
chi 吉 腐 I wish you good luck (a concluding phrase in
letters).
pien 便 宜 advantageous ； to be of advantage to ； cheap.
Of. Document No. 127, p. 225. • [p. 215]
擴 to enlarge ； to expand.
擴充 to carry out to the utmost.
tao 道 principle ； idea.
fu 復 入内地 to be taken on to the interior.
shih 適 得 ^ ^ to obtain just one's equal share.
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Document No. 122. [p. 216]
i jy 免參差 in order to avoid discrepancy or want
ot' iinil'onuity.
"Vrt 參 差 irre-^ular ； uneven.
差 irre^ilar.
c/tou 周 〖'> surround ; complete.
周 妥 complete ； siitisfactory.
fft'i SJi 式 ii pro formA document; a form.
後 hereafter mentioned. [p. 217]
IP. 218]
少於 less than [is stated in] the document.
to 多於堪 more than [is stated in] the document.
wflo 冒 3fe to fmudulently take the place of; to falsely
substitute.
《*ic/t 添改 to make additions and alterations (as in a
dociunent).
，m 挖 to dig ; to scrape out.
挖铺 to erase and cover with a new patch of paper
on which the amended reading is written ； to
correct by erasure.
Document No. 123.
chHn 欽 (二 欽差) an ambassador.
cAflO 照 fj5 a despatch st:it— ; to state in a despatch.
i'o 拖 帶船虔 之輸船 a tug steamer.
* 譚名 a name translated or transliterated.
和 赴 5JlJ 口 to clandestinely resort to another
shih 釋放 to release.
"0 作 保 to be surety ； to guarantee.
yii 于是日 on the same day.
ck'H 取回 to fetch back. [p. 219]
liao 了 to finish.
了結 to finish ； to bring to an end.
ts'nng 從 輕 yielding and light, i.e., lenient (as with
punishment) ； to mitigate.
luri 歸及 to discuss.
^wi 會 Qg- to confer ； to meet to discuss a question.
《'a/i 談 to converse.
談 論 to converse ； to discuss.
P^" 辯 論 to argue ； to discuss ； to controvert,
hi 固 assuredly ； decidedly ； firmly.
ta 答 to reply.
chi 極 爲明晰 to be extremely clear ； to be very
explicit.
chicn 堅 stable ； immovable.
堅 欲 to immovably wish ； to persevere in wishing.
ts^ung 從 輕減罰 to mitigate a fine.
chien 举叙 to examine ； to arrange ； to collate.
檢 查 to examine ； to look up the records.
tang 檔 a set of shelves ； pigeon-holes for filing records.
檔 卷 archives ； documents pigeon-holed.
chien 減成 to diminish the per-centage or the rate of.
/'•" 迄未 （二迄 今未) not as yet. [p. 220]
t umi 斷 令交出 to decide that payment is to be
made ； to order, by way of decision in a case, that
payment be made,
chH 其權 属在該 the authority or power to do
so rests with the said Custom House.
ch'iian 權 authority ； power.
hsiian 宣 to proclaim.
宣 ； j; to proclaim ； to inform by circular.
li 當 must ； it is right (or proper) to.
chicn 堡 執 obstinate ； to obstinately maintain.
yii 與 無 關 to have nothing to do with; not to
be one's business.
hsiian 憑 殊 very unlike ； quite different.
tz'u 此 端 this affair.
i 一 as soon as ； if once
一開 if once opened ； if once we commence
[acting like this].
shih 視爲具 "X to regard as a mere document (said
of rnles which exist on paper only).
chii 具 3!C a written despatch ； an official paper ； an
empty form.
ch'a 誉 to inquire into.
管 核 to inquire into ； to examine.
fu 俯 賜 咨 商 be pleased to write to and consult
with.
ch'i Ipf 訓 示 fiR 遵 to solicit instructions to be re-
spectfully obeyed, i.e., for one's guidance,
pci 備 由 to provide for details ； to prepare a statement.
ling 另 [JO a. list, or table, is separately given.
c¥ing 呈 乞 to present a request.
chao 照言 羊施行 to report [in order to solicit instruc-
tious] lor one's guidance.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
101
Document No. 124. [p. 221]
ch ih
u
"W
商
German merchants.
開
船
廠 to open a dock ； to have a dock.
y^o
要
端
important matters ； essential points.
ch^cng
承
田
to become liable ； to be bound to.
t'a
他
rrt
用
to use for other purposes.
m
'.•is
？ #
:、 register.
fen
(Ul
iiccording to date.
按
類
according to class or description.
7
cnu
its
to enter (as in a register).
tsao
ting
登
記
to eater (as in a register).
i
ch u
銷
to cancel an entry in a book ； to write off.
住
便
at one's own discretion.
civ in
親
視
to inspect in person.
hung
工
作
the work done (as at a dock).
i
so
索
■=3*
看
to demand for inspection.
hucui
Ian
攔
阻
to obstruct.
t'o
與
or ；
and.
yiich
看
to inspect.
交
to send to. [p. 222]
hiei
歸
至當 to attain to the highest degree of
pan
ch'mg
chiih
ch'im
ticii
kuo
ch'i
pu
huan
suitableness.
Document No. 125.
顔發 to issue ； to publish.
淸册 an accurate list or table.
接 准 to receive.
前項 of the afore-mentioned description ； the
before mentioned.
■ ~ ■ 經 as soon as ...
御 筆 the Imperial Pencil ；
endorsement.
then
:•， the Emperor's
御 筆 批 ？ 雀 to be sanctioned by the Emperor.
批 准 to be sanctioned ； to sanction.
電報 a telegram.
國會 a parliament ； a national assembly.
齊集 to assemble completely ； to have a success-
ful, or complete, meeting ； a quorum.
有 H some day ； there is a day or term fixed for it.
不 久 within a short time.
換 約 to exchange (i.e., to ratify) a Treaty.
kung
2)'ing
chan
ynng
pao
Vung
h^an
ch^cng
chlin
Vu ng
chm
to
挪 to throw down ； by way of civility, a person of
exalted rank, or the person luldressed in a de-
spatch, not of rank inferior to tliat of the writer,
is recj lies ted to " throw down " nu oKject, in lieu
of " presenting it by liHrul," the writer thereby
placing himself in the position of one not
worthy to receive it direct from the hands of the
addressee.
擲交
to give by throwing down, to favour one
with supplying; to be pleiised to give.
分 a set ； a copy of a hook, or of a document, of
which several copies have been made.
賴 修 條 a Supplementary Convention.
造 具 U> pivpare.
以 M 轉 fil in order to have a basis for making
a reply.
Document No. 126. [p. 223]
摄 to propose ； to design.
換 1* to issue in exdmnge for,
安秘 in proper order.
Document No. 127. [p. 224]
J[U 昭^ 守 in order to exhibit the guard of
ti'ur^t ; in witness thereof.
末 盡事宜 matters not exhausted, i.e., not
cumpletely settled.
公立 to publicly draw up (as a protocol) ； to sign
a public
憑 單 a voucher ； a certificate.
展 to expand.
展緩 to postpone ； to extend (as u limit of time).
用 寶 provided with the Imperial Seal.
資 precious ； the Imperial Seal.
同 聘 at the same time.
刊 刻 to cut blocks for printing ； to print.
刊 亥！] 成本 to print in pamphlet shape.
成 本 to make into a book or pamphlet.
君;^ n king or a queen. Cf. Mayers' "The
Chinese Government," p. 129 seqq. [p. 225]
通商和 約 a Commercial Treaty.
^ to multiply and accumulate.
镇 to collect ； many.
i 备 守 to carefully maintain (as rules and regula-
tions).
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jjitn 键通 to altor.
All 互 to exchange.
man 满十年 》t the end of lo years ； the limit of lo
yoars haviiij^ expired.
• h'oH 3 m to consider ； to deliberate.
/iaiiff 置加 to consider find add ； to negotiate for addi-
tional stipulations in a Treaty.
picn 便； K 行 3lJ 大臣" Minister having discretional^
Ih.wer to act lucordinjx to the requirements of his
"tJUv ； a MinisU'i- Ploiiipotentiary.
ch*iin)t 全 權 luivingfiUl powers; plenipotentiary.
rhiao 校 to compare.
校 131 to compare ； to examine (as the courts of
two nmntries examine the credentials of each
o tiler's envoys).
Iro 客 货 merchandise. [P. 226]
t*o 妥 to devise or draw up (as rules and regula-
tions).
i 益 attvantafres or concessions (granted to certain
nations in Treaties).
I'hnan 專 章 special regulations,
rhi ^ if; as soon as.
y'dati 援 to quote by way of analogy ； to claim (as pri-
vileges granted to others).
I'ung 同 ^ to participate in favours, or privileges, granted
to others.
chan 霜 (= 沾) to moisten ； to receive favours.
chUn 減半 to reduce to one-half.
tai 待 to treat.
isui 最 優之禮 the most courteous treatment (such
as in trraiited to the representatives of the most
fiivoureil nation).
7/H 優 excessive ； excellent ； complaisant.
hsianfj 相待 to treat eacli other ； mutual treatment.
ckung 衆 f'j^ 商 the foreign merchants as a body ； the
foreign mercantile world. [p. 227]
衆 洋商情 the interests of foreign commerce.
htan 關 捲 bniided warehouses.
huo 貨 物淸單 a ship's manifest
shih Q|p an hour, both in the Chinese sense (i.e., the
twelfth part of a day, corresponding to two hours
of (lur time) and in the foreign sense.
chick 節 lig li-,li(lays.
pu 不 百 f not counting ； excepting.
ting 定 爲 to fix as ; to fix at (as the rate of).
pu 不及 not to reach ； not to come up to ； to be less
than.
wii M Ilfl without a certificate.
mei 每 次 each time ； in each separate case.
t'o 妥 速 safely and promptly; without delay.
yiieh 糸 5 束 to restrain ； to keep in order ； to exercise a
proper control over.
sliou 受 損 to sustain damage.
tza 自 俄 to prepare oneself ； self-made ； self-owned
(as foreign ships owned by Chinese).
cha/if/ 張 掛 to hoist, or fly, a flag.
ch'i 旌號 a signal flag; a distinguishing flag (as the
national ensign).
wei 爲 憑 as a voucher. [p. 228]
yu 游睡 to wander about ； to travel.
chieh 解 ^ to hand over to ； to send to (as a destitute to
his authorities).
kuau 管束 to exercise supervision over.
shcn 審 辦 to settle judicial cases.
chiao 交 涉 to be connected with ； relating to.
h^o 科 征 to tax at a certain rate ； to assess a tax ；
to tix the rate of a tax ； taxation.
kuei 歸另議 to become the subject of special negotia-
tion.
chan 暫 先 beforehand ； for the time being.
t'o 5^ 商 to consult ； to negotiate about.
ch'm 親 筆 one's own signature ； to sign, in person.
[p. 229]
kuan 關防圖 tfi State seals and private seals ； to a 迅 x
one's seal or seals.
力' M 圆 f£ a private seal.
shan 善 後章程 special stipulations appended to a
Treaty. Cf. 善 後 條 約 ( shan-kou-t'icio-yUeh))
Document No. 46, p. 78.
i 以 周備 for the sake of greater clearness and
completeness.
以 信實 in proof thereof.
t'inff 聽其便 at his, or their, option.
t'ou 偷 ill 稅課 to defraud the revenue.
ch'i 起造 to commence making or building.
hanf/ 行 楼 warehouses.
shih fj}^ to work as an experiment.
ch'inr/ 淸 單 a ship's manifest. [p. 230]
shou 收 據 a proof of receipt ； a certificate of the recep-
tiuu of goods on board ； a bill of lading.
mim 免 鈔 to be exempted from payment of tonnage
dues.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
103
shih fi^ to adorn ； to pretend ； to make believe.
飾 i^l 偷 M a pretext for evading payment of
duties.
圖免 to try to evade (as payment of duties).
tiin 喊 鈔 tonnage dues.
chia 加倍 to double.
i 疑 to suspect.
跡 tract's ； definite grounds for.
chill 知 情 t(> be aware of the circumstances.
t'uwj 通 同舞弊 to take part in the commission of an
inei^ularity.
u'M 舞 弊 hoodwinking ； secret malpractices ； irregu-
In rities.
f" 廢 ifJS waste paper ； documents cancelled, [p. 231]
(tto 道 路 a road ； a route ； the distance of a journey.
"ai 太 遠 too f;ir.
p'i 批明 to endorse (as a certificate is endorsed by an
official).
i 以 杜假冒 in order to prevent fraud.
yen 同閱看 to participate in the inspection of.
hian II 費 Customs fees.
ho 和 5 頁親王 a prince of the ist order (see
Mayers' "The Chinese Government," No. 17).
[p. 232]
shih 頁 great ； eminent.
tsung 宗 入府 the Imperial Clan Court (see Mayers'
"The Chinese Government," No. 55).
fu 府丞 a Vice-Director in the Imperial Clan Court
{see Maters' "The Chinese Government," No. 56).
nan 難行之 questions difficult to be settled ；
practical difficulties.
ts'^ing 從 3f 另議 to negotiate anew and separately ； to
renew negotiations.
jw 人華 to come, or to be sent, to China. [p. 233]
ch'ing fc 呈接 I have just received,
披 to open ； to unroll a scroll.
披 閱 to open and read ； to note the contents of.
纖 無異議 to be of the same opinion.
whi 文 憑 ;l documentary proof ； a protocol,
mo 末 後 at the end.
Document No. 128. [p. 234]
is'an 參 to counsel.
參贊 a Secretary of Legation (see Maters' " The
"^Chinese Government," p. 133)； a Military Assistant
Governor in Turkestan {ibid., pp. 93, 95)-
fsan ^ to counsel ； to assist.
鶊 Jr 煙 opium,
/t 腦 換 船 to tranship; to be transliippetl.
fii 費 事 vexation ； trouble.
奥期 底里雅 (ao-ssU-ti'li-ya) Australia.
不 過 而 已 only and nothing more,
/""ty fj 家 the hong people ； nicrcbaiits ； tirms.
V 乇 避 稅 to evade [payment of] duty.
(7t(i 起 見 to conceive the idea of ； the motive of.
《 防弊 iii in order to guard against irregularities,
m 憑 核 辦 in order to have proof for acting.
cVie/t 竊 閱 my humble self lenrns ； I respectfully hcfs to
refer to *[p. 235]
po 剝 過 別 船 to trauship to another vessel.
ch'ikh 確 當 corree-t and in order.
2)0 M 蓮 to tranship.
h 皿 候 驗 to await examination.
tei 歸中國 宫 to become liable to confiscation
by the Chinese Governmeut.
過載 to transfer cargo from one diip to another ；
to Irauship.
Document No. 129. [p. 237]
chao ^'g 工章程 regulations for the emigration of
coolies.
wai 外 洋 別 她 other countries abroad.
ch^Hag 承 工 to undertake work; to do coolie labour ；
a coolie.
slUii 身 家 one's person and family.
li 禮 體 one's moral and physical condition.
t'6 特 簡 specially selected.
kung 功 賜 to bestow on account of merit.
p'ei 佩 a girdle.
佩 帶 carried on the girdle ； worn on the ribbon,
or the collar (as u decoration).
hnig 公所 a public office ； an agency.
Jcuuff 工人 a workman ； a coolie.
chih 治理 to regulate.
ho 合同 a contract.
yin 般 abundance.
殷 實 having ample means ； to be solvent.
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skan 画 Ij to cut out ； to cancel ； to revise and correct.
删 改 to revise and correct
印 )iSc " sealed document ； a license.
Hth
媒 Hii ofliciid ilocuuient.
fhu
p t to cancel. [p. 238]
j»
如 果 if; in the case of.
h\io
果 really ； truly ； indeed.
m
所 ( =公 所) an office; an agency.
knan
IJS 閉 to close.
/>*
閉 tti ilose doors.
i/i t
tj^ TjC T. to seek emigrants for coolie labour.
ft、
？ 5 ,Tm 收 執 to issue and place m the hands of.
shoH
收 執 to receive in one s hands.
级 郷 towns and villages.
kiiian
宣布 to proclaim ； to make generally known.
chin
t^i* r*i* .111 ―
^ Tf to Closely observe.
/"
負 to disregard or break a convention.
傳 案 to summon to court ； to iiupeach ； to pro-
>01'11 te.
chill
究 審 to try it cause.
ch'£ng
承 遣 to be sent ； an emissary.
kan
干 jjlj to offend against the law.
hi
故違 to purposely offend against.
wu
HJJ }B to unintentionally break the law.
hsuh
協 同 to assist in ； to act conjointly.
chien
^ jyE to superintend.
jS'i
\X. sle to be at liberty to.
pien
:i convenient ship to take passage in.
ch'u
出 to go to sea \ to embark j to emigrate.
tu
獨 身 人 a single person ； alone.
hsi
1^ 同 to carry with oneself ； to be accompanied by.
chia
one's family ； relatives and members of a
household.
chiian
赛 the relatives and members of one's household.
diih
指定 to point out ； to state clearly.
7iien
年 限 ：i period ； a term of years ； a limit of time.
lu
路 1^ travelling expenses.
iso
作 工 to work ； to do coolie labour.
yii
予 n 定 to fix beforehand ； to settle (as by contract).
i
衣 物 clothing.
hung
丁 食 rations ； food provided for a labourer.
H
利 S advantage.
chi 疾 病 disease ； sickness. [p. 239]
i 醫 治 medical attendance.
醫 藥 medicines.
chih 値 to buy ； to bear an expense.
chih 狻身 a single body ； alone ； by oneself,
chiian 眷 p the members of one's household.
an 按年 Ff 月 yearly or monthly.
po 撥 紛 to set aside for; to appropriate for.
yang 養 家之費 expenses for the maintenance of one's
f;iiuily.
keng 更 加 to make alterations and additions.
hsing 形 似 to purport ； to amount to (in sense).
junff 容 to endure ； to bear.
shan 擅 力 p to make unauthorised additions.
yil 逾於 五年 to exceed five years.
pei 備 全 to provide for the whole of.
chiao 交 付 to give to ； to liand over to.
hu 留 住 to remain in a place.
fu 付 紛 to hand over to ； to place in one's hands.
pien 便用 to use as one sees fit ； for convenient use.
ling 另 立合同 to renew a contract.
hucm 患 病 to be afflicted with sickness ； to contract a
disease.
shtii 伸 訴 to luake a statement ； to complain.
hi7if/ 工 作 to do work ； coolie labour.
hsiu 休 息 to stop (for rest after work).
k'o 刻 the eighth part of a Chinese hour (特 shih) ； i.e.,
I 5 minutes of Western time.
^uo 過 特 beyond the stipulated time.
cMng 正 工 regular work, i.e" work done during working
hours ； contract work.
" 力 能 to be strong enough to.
fs'ao 操 to take in hand ； to manage ； to drill.
操 f, to do manual work.
】、； 工 諜 job work ； jobs.
k'o 課 a task ； a job.
ch'ou gij 値 a gratuity,
mit 牧 to pasture ； a shepherd.
牧 畜 to tend cattle.
ch/u 畜 domestic animals ； cattle.
ph 日 用常事 services attending the necessities of
daily life.
* 議 to award a gratuity ； to pay for.
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105
ch'il 取具 to produce (as a certificate).
ckun 准 往 憑 旱 a parents' certificate of emigration
given to minors.
chih 至 ^ the least ； not less than. [p. 240]
k'ou 扣 to knock off; to discount.
nicn 念 to read aloud.
Chiang 將 ^ 之 日 wlien the day for has nearly
arrived ； about the time of
jcn 認 明 to acknowledge.
ch'ao 紗 存備査 to file a copy in the archives ； to
take a record of.
ticn 點 明 (or 點 名) to tick off (as the names of sol-
diers when mustered, or of emigrants when ship-
ped) ； to muster.
ch'ing 淸 楚 clear ； distinct ； to settle.
I 變 約 to change one's mind after having made a
contract.
chui 追取 to be pressed to furnish ； to be bound to
pay.
yiji 飮 食之銀 maintenance expenses.
霄 無 欽 having no funds ； insolvent.
kHian 欽 items of money ； means of existence ； funds,
hid 歸 債 to make compensation for; to indemnify ；
to pay back.
tsoii 走 to go ； to depart.
yu 預支 payments made beforehand ； advances.
shang 賞 需之用 to give for one's use ； to present ； to
give as a premium.
chui 追還 to press for recovery.
an 安 家之費 payment!? for the benefit of one's
family.
i 淸欠欽 in order to clear debts.
ch'im 欠 to owe money ； to be in arrear.
欠 欽 debts.
hung
工
値 the price of work ； wages.
chih
支
借各項 advances.
chai
債
to owe ； to be in debt.
債
主 a creditor.
so
鎖
禁 to lock up ； to put in irons, [p. 241]
ck'uan
傳
fo^ to address questions to ； to interrogate.
fang
間 rooms ； houses.
dh'a
査
管 to examine and control ； to be charged with
the inspection of.
fm 分 撥 to detach ； to keep separate.
chiian 眷 屬人口 the members of a family or house-
hold.
入 p individuals.
"鶴 I 0 to collect together.
圑聚 to accumulate ； to collect together ； to keep
order among a crowd.
"a 雜混 to get uiixed up.
('滅 治现 to regulate ； to keep in order.
精 潔 clean ； pure.
^ 'jp harmonious.
in 養 healthy; well nourished.
f7m;5f 精 神 healthy ； in good physical condition.
cVa";/ 堪 an enclosure ； barracks (as at an emigration
agency).
w'i 党醫生 to send for a doctor; to seek medical
attendance.
熟讕 船隻之 A experts in nautical matters.
7" 而 I 患 傳染症 afflicted with a contagious disease.
ch(uan 傳 染 症 ； ^ contagious disease.
cMng 症 sickness.
'mi 在逃 to have run away ； to have absconded.
t'cio 逃 to run away ； to abscond,
yiieh 越 戲 to break out of prison.
py^ 布置 to place in order ； to arrange.
"0 容 寓 travellers' lodgLDgs ； (on board ship) cabins.
ts'ang 艙 慕 cabins.
huo 火 食 cooked meals ； provisions ； stores,
cheng 整 潔 in proper order and clean ； in good condition.
ch'ileh 確 切 with the utmost accuracy.
副 本 a duplicate copy. [p, 242]
— ?i 邊 沿 in the margin (of a document).
fu 夫 a husband.
失 婦 husband and wife.
fm 分 派兩處 to send to different places.
yu 幼兒 young children.
li 離父母 to be separated from one's parents.
ch^mg 承人 3 召工 to engage a man for coolie labour.
p'u 鋪 ^ fiictory workmen.
chuanfj 莊田 a farm ； farm labourers.
鋪 田 factories and farms.
ch^uan 轉 付 to be transferred to the hands of; to chango
hiiiids (as property).
fSng 奉 to receive respectfully ； to pay obedience to.
chao 招 主 a coolie employer.
yin 因 別 故 for some other reason.
fou 投 to give up to (by sale or as a gift), ,
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tiil Q 節 by oru-'s own wish ； with one's own consent.
0 出洋 to emigrate from one's own free will.
chao 招致華 \K to seek for Chinamen (as for coolie
t'liii^mliouj.
ch^ing 承豹 to inuke an iigreemcut.
king 页 more ； moreover.
tail jjn 敢 to possess the boldness to ； to dare to.
； >*i>/i |g to ilffrau.l : to H elude ； to inveigle.
m 往勉 强脅從 kidnap.
" 勉 强 to be forced against one's own will.
勉 fll ^ 從 to follow against one's own will.
/""/' 脊 < = 協) to aid ； to yield ； to submit.
脊從 to submit to following.
li 立 < = 立 刻) immediately ； at once ； thereupon.
yii 予正法 to apply capital punishment,
clUtig 正 法 capitul punishment.
hsiJig 典 辦 to put into operation.
iTw M 從 there is no help for.
hui 會 现 to manage conjointly.
t'ung 同— in conformity with ； in every respect the
same.
fing 奉行 to act in compliance [with instructions].
Document No. 130. [p. 243]
shin 甚願 to wish ardently.
ht 古 (ku'pa) Cuba.
yit 寓居 to reside ； residence (at a place).
ch'uHff 重 新商訂 to negotiate, or deliberate upon, for
the second time.
yuiiff 永無相 左之處 no disagreements for ever.
Iisiang 相 左 not to suit ； to disagree.
Uo 左 left ； not agreeing.
tso 作 爲 to act as.
yueJi 南 Annum.
i 意薩貝 麟寶星 the Royal Order of Isabel
the Cutholic.
shou 收 留 to receive and keep; to harbour (as a fugitive).
t'ao 逃 人 fugitives ； runaways.
chin 盡善 in complete order.
shu 庶 ^ ； ill people; the people; the subjects, [p. 244]
to'i 單身 a single body ； alone ； by oneself.
家 属 one's family or household.
chHn^ 情 甘 voluntary ； willingness.
wanfj 妄 irregular ； what is not in order ； falsely.
kuci 誠 to deceive.
跪 諭 treacherous.
chiieh g 翁 to impose on.
chi contrivances ； tricks.
yu 誘分 to entice ； to induce.
jm 不 出情願 without uttering a wish ； not of one's
own accord.
tsai 載客 to carry passengers (as a passenger boat),
ch'naa 船東 a shipowner ； a ship's captain.
tn n<j 東 (= 東 家) the master of a household ； a ship-
owner, etc.
ch'uan 船行 a ship's agents ； a shipping firm.
Jco 各 事入等 individuals connected with the
several functions of ； those who are charged with
the duties of.
yii 預 先備辦 to keep ready (as documents for
'issue). [p. 245]
fang 訪 察 to inquire into.
c/t'e 撤 回 to turn back ； to send back.
Chiang 將開船 寺 ^ij the time when a ship will start ；
the hour appointed for a ship's departure.
tai 開 j|g the departure of a ship; the lifting of
ancliors ； to start on a sea journey.
hsim 先 期 at an early time ； in good time.
先期幸 明 to give timely notice.
yi、i 因 循 remissness ； delay.
《 胎 惧 to leave an error or a wrong impression ；
to mislead.
tsai 在 卽 speedily; quickly.
py^ 不及候 乾' cannot wait.
辭 to refuse ； to use as a plea for not complying.
/tsict 夏 i 臂擎 (hsia-ivan-na ; in Cantonese, ha-ivan-na)
Havana.
ch^ing 稱 to weigh ； to correspond to ； to be adequate.
^ [p. 246]
稱 職 to be adequate to one's post ； to perform
one's duties as an official in proper form.
cK'it 出 島 to leave the island.
/itm 候 5 凡 to await examination or trial.
" 立業 to establish business ； to work for a living.
chih 執 大 臣 Ministers of State.
t'o 妥 6_ ^良法 to adopt the safest measures for.
hu 獲益 to reap benefit.
^fto 包括 to bundle up ； to contain ； to be comprised
in.
Ar"ci 括 to include.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
107
yii 予 以 to j^ratit (以 i, introducing the object of the
veil J 予 yii)'
yen 纖 to decide ia judicial cases.
識局 ii court of justice.
！! u 優 侍 to treat civilly.
fiantj 兩 造之處 both parties ； the plaintiff and de-
fendant.
/'、'rto 造 a party in a cause.
net 延 to invite.
延 III to invite ； to engage tlie services of (as of a
lawyer).
Hi 律 師 a barrister-at-law ； a lawyer.
shih 自币 ； m expert ； a master ； a patron.
ch'uan 傳 pj" to interpret ； an interpreter.
hua 話 language.
ch^cng 承 辦 to undertake the management of; to take in
hand business (such as law suits, etc.).
^oei 委 to bend down ； to do injustice.
委 屈 an injustice ； wrongful oppression.
ch^ii 屈 to bend down ； grievance ； ■wrong.
yiian 宽 to oppress ； injustice. [p. 247]
冤柱 an injustice ； a grievance.
纖 ng 枉 a wrong ； a grievance.
hm 花名册 a muster roll ； a list of names.
/" 府城 prefectural cities.
chuang 莊察 a country establishment ； a farm.
liao 察 a stall ； a country house.
fit 乏 to be in want of ； exhausted.
ch'Uek 缺 防 insufficiently guarded against ； to fail to
take protective measures.
tu 讀書 to read books ； to study ； a literary man.
iso 作 宫 to be an official ； a mandarin.
tun 敦崇和 IS to be pervaded by the honest feeling
of peace and friendship. [p. 248j
ho 和 IS friendly feelings.
ch'u 出實 to provide means ； to pay for.
出船資 to pay travelling expenses.
tsai 載 回 tn carry back ； to provide a home passage.
i 誠衷 in order to show sincere feelings ；
out of sincere sympathy.
ch*eng 誠 sincere ； honest.
chuncf 衷 heart or mind ； equity ； the true feeling of.
U 力衰 weak ； worn out (as by age).
shuai 衰 weak.
ku 孤 霧婦女 orphans and widows.
Jnc 倾 主 the eiJiployer uf a labourer.
huifj 工 Itg a period or term for doing labour (as entered
upon by a coolie workman).
kuo 過 衆 too many ； an excessively large crowd, [p. 249]
chic 拘 to seize ； to arrest.
/""!/ 放出 to release.
hiau *^ 監 an official jail.
chim 監 a jail.
hou 候 結 to await the termination of a trial.
chih 至 少 at least.
yii 預 行知會 to give official notice.
shih 施及 to bestow on ； to extend to (as a privilege).
ping 秉 權 holding powers ； plenipotentiary. [p. 250]
shcn 慎 重之人 a careful and serious man. [p. 251]
chin 盡青 to be equal to all one's responsibilities.
vni 務希 it is much to be desired that.
chkh 借 塾 to advance money ； a deed ； a proof, [p. 252]
tie" 塾 to advance money.
ch'Uan 券 jji^ a bond ； a deed.
U 勒 to coerce ； to bind ； to force.
ti 的 true ； certain.
白勺 a true guarantee.
pei 俾 歸有著 so that it may serve as a pledge ； as
a substantial proof.
chao 著 (= 着) certain ； true.
t& 得 手 to manage satisfactorily.
Document No. 131. [p. 253]
shan 禱立 to make out a document ； to place on re-
cord ； to note (as a protest).
chii 據 documentary proof ； an official record ； a protest
noted.
Men 襲核 to examine for approval.
li 立據 to draw up a record which is to have legal
force ； to place on official record ； a protest.
jin 住便 隨特 at one's own discretion and at any
time.
shall 禱 立預據 to note a protest.
yu 預據 to note a protest.
hou 後 據 an extended protest. •
fa 大 副 a mate of a ship.
jih 日記簿 a log-book.
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108
kuan ^ an engineer of a steamer.
chi 言已 to distinctly remember; to recollect.
pkn S 天風 f<S bad weather at sea.
y" ffl 卞; I* to foresee.
ching 証 據 testimony ； evidence ； a protest lodged in
order to serve afterwards as evidence.
chvaug 裝貨逾 loading goods beyond a limit of time
contracteil lor. [p. 254]
chan 估 to usurp.
佔 船 to trespass upon the space of a ship's hold
、l>,v not tukin;^ tlolivcry of cargo).
«'t'i 途背 合同躭 擱船事 demurrage payable
uihUt ili;irti-r parly.
不應 @ 之事 improprieties ； misconduct.
chili 酒 @f (Inmk; drunkenness.
tsui 醉 intoxicated.
J>i* 不 端 improper ； incapable.
a" 按 時 at the proper time; punctually.
tsai 淑 贷憑單 a 碰 of lading.
chao 照尋 常式樣 in customary form.
ching 整 ( = 正) after numbers, " only." See cMng 正，
Document No. 2， p. 2.
ii 遞加 to add pro rata; to add a fraction of a
certain amount.
Jcw'g 功 牌式樣 （wrongly for 空白式 樣） Wank
forms.
I— 另欽 之跟目 an account of extra receipts
[= Customs Account D].
印 V'jf books to be sealed ； books containing
duplicates of documents sealed (as a " Protest
Book". [p. 255]
P^^ 備呈 to submit ； to supply (as copies of a
document asked for).
Document No. 132.
7?"' 俾免 限制 in 。r(ler to avoid abuse.
mem 漫 recklessness.
A^n |jg 制 restriction; restraint.
chu 駐寓 to reside at.
ck'uan J|| 省 the province of Szechwan.
s7iaH， 上驶 to .sail, or steam, up the river.
to 畫 定界址 to determine a site (as for a settle-
mo nt).
/e'ng 封存 to keep under bond. [p. 256]
^ a storehouse.
蔓船 Or receiving ship ； a hulk.
mai 買 客 the purchaser.
li 璧稅 the Likia tax.
pccn ^j^ ^ 1^ iJB a half- duty certificate.
ts'cn 參差 to make distinction between ； to make a
clitierence.
mien 免 致滋 生弊端 in order that it may not result
in confusion and abuse.
nie7i 年 a limit of years.
jao 擾累 to involve in trouble ； to interfere with.
p"ii"J 平等 of equal standing.
tsiing ！您 期 it is expected to be ； hoping that ； with the
general aim of.
Document No. 133. [p. 257]
chin 盡 用 used by all ； in general use.
p'o 破 燜 torn ； broken.
破爛鷹 捧番銀 broken-doUar money.
Ia7i 爛 to break ； to tear.
y i'Kj 鷹 捧番銀 Mexican eagle dollars.
f*^ny 捧 to hold in both hands or claws (as the eagle on
Mexican dollars, holding a snake in one claw and
a twig of cactus in the other).
/;'o 刻 下 at present.
tsim 邀依 to comply with ； to obey.
篇 n 南臺 CJ the port of Nan-tai, i.e., the foreign
settlement at Foocliow ； the foreign commimity
there.
铺水 ( = Ifl 交紋 水) when making a payment
in dollar's, to pay a premium on account of the
difference in the price of pure sycee silver. See
ivcu 紋 水， Document No. 82, p. 148.
更 張 to overrule ； to change existing regulations.
〗m 不 敷 not sufficient for ； not to cover.
hao 耗 費 the cost of the waste silver or of the under-
weight found when extracting puie from impure
silver.
isao 早 晚不同 to change between morning and
night (as the price of goods subject to frequent
fluctuations).
chun 準 貝 Ij a standard ； a rule.
shih 事 出權宜 a course adopted as being dictated
by circumstances.
ch'iian 權宜 a temporary measure ； a measure one can-
not help adopting.
P'i 犹 an official reply.
hui 廻 (or 回) to return.
MODERN" DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
109
ssil 司 道 the ssu and the tao. By the former the high
provincial officials whose titles end in s$fl (viz.,
the Pu-chcng-shih'SSu or Provincial Treasurer,
the An-ch'a-shih-ssit or Provincial Judge, and tlie
Ye}i-yu7i-ss^ or Inspector of Salt Gabel) are un-
derstood ； by the latter, the Liang~tao (糧 道)
or Grain Collector, and sometimes also tenitorial
and other Taot'ais, These officials together form
an administrative board which is sometimes shortly
called the ssii-fao. Cf. Mayers' "The Chinese
Goveriimeat," Nos. 275 to 279.
chang 長落 to grow and full ； increase and decrease ；
fluctuation.
fhing 正在 核辦間 when just engaged in managing
[a case]. Cf. Document No. 119, p. 211.
chou 周 密 well arranged ； satisfactory.
yu 有便商 情 無 顴稅課 to serve commercial
interests while causing no loss to the reveuue.
[p. 258]
chiang 將軍 a Tartar General ； also a military Governor
in Manchuria, Mongolia, or Turkestan (see
Maters' "The Chinese Goverument," Nos. 367,
426, etc.). The Tartar General of Foochow is ex
officio Superintendent of Customs at the Treaty
Ports in Fukiea (Foochow, Amoy, Takow, and
Tamsui), and one of his adjutants, generally with
the rank of a Hsieh-chin, is deputed by him to
act as Superintendent at each of the several
Custom Houses.
cMn 鎮守 to guard ； to have charge of (as a general).
t^ung 統轄 to be in general charge of.
hsia 轄 to rule over ； to govern.
lu 陸路 dry land roads (as opposed to sea routes) ；
land troops (as opposed to the navy).
chin 鎮 ( = 鎮 標) a brigade under the command of a
chm-t^ai or brigadier-general,
鎮 協各營 the battalions of a regiment.
hsieh 協 a subdivision of a chcn (鎮) or brigade ； a
regiment under the command of a lisich-fai or
colonel,
ying 營 a subdivision of a hskh (協) or regiment ； a
battalion commanded by a yii-chi or major, or
an officer of similar rank.
yin 印 務 the affiiirs of an office inasmuch as they
concern the sealing of documents ； responsible
affairs.
ck'eng 承 准 to receive.
t 易 to exchange for.
易 換 to exchange for.
Vieh 貼 to make up for ； to supply a deficiency.
貼 水 to pay the difference in price of sycee ； i.q.,
， 铺 永， P- 257.
iuan 短 short ； not sufficient.
2)M 不然 IS^ 見 to consider a matter to be reasonable
enough.
鶴 無 兑 M'ithout experience ； unreason:ible.
hi 希卽酌 量情形 please consider the circum-
stances and decide.
ch'iian 權 |/；| to iimn:tge a matter, or act, temporarily,
iimler the pressure of circumstunces ； to adopt
an exceptional course owing to special cimuu-
stances.
tsmg 壻 長 to increase.
tei 貴 處 your office ； you. [p. 259]
sui 隨 卽 forthwith.
hsi 悉 心 with one's whole lieart ； attentively.
chHen ^ all ； unanimously.
Icao 高 下 high and low ； the rate of.
pu 不 但 且 not only , but also
不 勝其煩 it is attended with endless trouble.
ying 英 捧 wrongly for 應捧 番銀， q.v., on p. 257.
shih 勢 難 under the circumstances it is hard to.
pien 辨 |g to (listingiiisli.
chou 周 章 much trouble (with comparatively small
result); useless toil.
誓 莫若 （-不 如 j") it is better to ； we had
better ； Ut., not like.
ta 搭 to add to.
搭 解 to hand over or to pay in addition.
ti 低昂 low or high (as price); a fluctuation in the
rate of.
不 妨 there is no difficulty in.
fang 妨 to hinder ； an impediment.
chii 璩 1 靑面禀 to submit the facts in a personal
i 以免' 粉更 in order to avoid perplexing changes.
y'll 諭 止 to proclaim the stoppage of; to order a
sul)urdinate to cliscontiuue a certain morle of
action. [p. 260]
p'i 譬 to compare ； . if.
譬 如 if, for instance.
ch'cng 种 準 to weigh.
jm 認 爲 to recognise as ； to accept as,
hui 派 豐銀行 the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-
ing Corporation.
na 那 how ； where.
那有差 錯之理 where is the reason for our
having been at fault ？ i.e., there is no reason
showing that we were wrong.
yil 諭阻 to decree prevention ； to interfere.
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TEXT BOOK OF
mien
hi
ahih
/>"
chih
H
ihiao
p*ing
chiao
shih
pu
ck'a 詫
' chia
pao
thou
fei
yang
面 Ml to give verhrtl instructions.
故蹈前 to purposely follow in the old track ；
iu ivsuine one's former inalpnicticos.
jfQ tu treail on.
+教 ilic tmck of a wheel ； a precedent.
5J t'» leap; to exult.
？ ffi to leap for joy ； to gladly fall in with an idea.
I" leap (as for joy).
聽從 to yielil ； to give way.
如 是 like this; thus.
宜 IJ^ 5V 便 it will really be conducive to fairness.
不 然 so) if not so.
枝 a lininch ； to branch off.
枝 S affairs branching off; many small troubles
arising out of one case ； one expense being followed
by iminy others.
■fr ftt to send for ； it once : to summon one without
.i.lTy. [p. 261]
承 3/£ to be entrusted with the duties of; to act as.
水 銀 money paid on account of the difference or
tli".ui;iti<m in the price of sycee silver. See ivm
紋 水， Document No. 82, p. 148.
較 i 準 to adjust ； properly adjusted.
較準 石去 碼 standard weights.
平 to weigh (as silver).
婦 to brush ； to sweep ； to clear off.
掃数 to clear off an account.
緣 庫 to pay into a treasury.
事 如属實 if the fiict be true.
有 干未便 to be guilty of some disorder.
不勝 M 異 very strange ； quite incredible.
deceive by brag and talk.
1^ 異 strange ； incredible.
加 水 to charcje a discount on coin or bullion on
accnimt of difference in the value of sycee. Cf.
紋 水， Document No. 82, p. 148.
報 f|pj 人 a taxpayer ； a payer of duties.
奉 公 to be careful of Government interests.
守 法 to observe the law.
非 分 what is not in harmony with one's duties ；
irifLTular ； improper.
掉 番 foreign ； foreign dollars.
不 :ifter two expressions, "and," "or," "or so";
t'.ff.j 輕 重不等 Jiiiht or heavy ； light ones and
heavy ones ；二 二不等 two or three.
fii 非 止 not only.
/lao 瓷 無異議 not to differ in the least in one\s
opinion ； to agree in every respect.
tien 電 lightning ； to glance at (said of a superior who
investigates a matter) ； hence, in composition with
various verbs, "umy Your Honour be pleased
to …… "
電 察 he pleased to investigate.
/u 俯 賜 {(B 會 to favour one with a despatch (said
of a superior).
[p. 262]
i 以 息 浮 議 in order to stop idle discussions.
fou 浮 to float ； to be light like pumice-stone ； light ；
idle ； frivolous.
ting 訂 定曰期 to appoint a day.
hsitig 幸 勿有緩 I hope there will be 110 delay ； "at
your earliest convenience."
yang 洋文 a document, or a despatch, written in a
foreign language.
ch^mg 禾平 頭 a balance ； scales.
wei 委 really ； indeed.
委 實 truly ； in reality.
to 多收 to receive too much (as a set of scales not
properly balanced).
chi |5E §1 它 used up.
tun (lull ； bhmt.
不 公 not just; incorrect (as the weights of a
biiUince).
托龍 公 just ； correct (as standard weights).
ckien 見更改 to be altered.
sIm 殊属 不 成事體 this is most unsatisfactory.
不 成 incomplete ； impracticable.
shih 事 體 an affiiir.
t'i 題 to discuss ； to bring forward.
ts^ & 7ig 曾 立 having been set up ； drawn up.
tso 作 速 speedily.
cVimg 重 新 to renew.
i Jil 便商艱 order to be of help in commercial
ditiicultiey.
免照章 probably wrongly for ^ 免周
in order to avoid useless trouble. Cf. ckou 周 章,
P- 259-
chieh 藉 P to make a pretext of; under the pretext.
fei 費一 番枝節 an expense once made being
folio wt'd Ijy many others,
i —番 once ； in one instance.
fan 番 (二次 ) time ； times.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
Ill
chHn
t'im
hco
huan
2)U
chHch
fhiao
chun
li
ts'ung
fhiao
to
ch'i
ivang
shall
slian
hai
Icao
t'ui
yang
tax
親 自 oneself ； in person. [p. 263]
天平 a pair of balances.
老 鈍無準 used up and inaccurate (;is an old
set of scales).
頒下 to send or issue to a subordinate (for his
use or guidance). •
官天平 f 馬 an official or standard set of
scales and weights.
補增 to add by way of supplement ； to make
;i sui.jilementai'y paymeut.
切 實 most accurate. [p. 264]
較 對 to compare,
準 對 to be equal ； to agree (as two balances
properly adjusted).
歷 今年久 up to the present year.
從 （ = 從來） hitherto ； so far.
%C 免 to tally ； to agree (as the balance of a
set of scales).
無 準可憑 there is no reliable standard ； iuac-
cuiiite and unreliable.
多 f 赛各字 號洋行 to summon a number of
native and foreign firms.
齊集 to assemble together.
平準 to adjust.
望 切望速 hoping for strict and speedy atten-
tiou [to the matter].
Document No. 134,
[p. 265]
善 後總局 a special commission for the revision
of regulntions ； a provincial administrative board
{see Mayers' *' Tlie Chinese Government," No.
279).
仙 J 阜 the port of Swatow.
海防 膏蟹商 人 a mercantile firm to whom
the hai- fang (coast defence) and lao-li (opium
boiling) taxes in liwangtung were farmed out in
i88o. Regarding these taxes, see Swatow Trade
Report for i88i， p. 3， seqq.
膏 prepared opium.
膏 籠 the Likin tax on prepared opium ； the boil-
ing tax ； the hao-H tax.
退 ^//l to throw up the management of.
洋 藥蟹局 a tax office for Likin on opium.
帶 to take along with one ； together with.
帶 番由 to collect a tax together with some other
tax the collection of which is one's regular busi-
li 蟹 務總局 a head Likin office.
hai
Vang
cilia
level
ch'ieh
ch^iieh
yu
chieh
chih
i
ch'i
tuau
ch'u
jih
ch'ang
chHing
hsiao
xvang
shang
海防經 '！! i the current expenses for the niain-
teiuince of coast defences ； a tax levied to (k'fray
wK'h expenses ； the hai- fang tax.
折 抽 to levy a proportionate tax.
折 抽 n m. :i
t:ix levied on boiled upiuin ； the
ktiij-li tax.
堂 a shop ； a firm.
加 輪 to increase a tax.
Sli* 併 承 辦 to revert to the conjoint iimnagc-
mt-'iit ot\
認 繊 to bind oneself in paying (ns a tax fanner
pays a iixed sum to his Government).
竊 職 MS a term of modesty, "I," if the speaker
be an official of auy grade, even though lie may
hold his rank by jmrchase. Non-oHicial writers
will say 竊 身. Merchants say 竊商； ：i wo-
man fif low rank 竊 ； the wife of iin official
竊職 婦： a common man of the people 竊 小
的， etc. When addressing the Kiuperor, Minis-
ters of Chinese pareiita^re say 竊 臣， whereas
Mrmchu Ministers say 竊 奴才.
竊 職 商 we (be— a commission consisting of
persons of official rank and merchants).
缺 本 to lose capital.
有 零 uud a fnictiou ； und odd,
M still.
竭 to exhaust.
竭 立 (wrongly for 竭 力) to exert one's strength ；
to do one's utmost.
支 持 lit., twiji-grasping, i.e., having to strive hard
ill order to succeed.
«y 冀 in order to hope ； to thereby hope.
起色 a rise; an iiuproveineut (as in one's pro-
spects).
^ a deficit ； deficient.
'手-出 an impediment, a hindrance (especially in trade
and finance).
日甚一 日 nlore intense from day to day ； grow-
iiig worse and worse.
廠 a tax office.
沖 to strike against ； to collide ； imitation ； spurious.
沖 銷 to sell clandestinely while evading payment
of taxes.
銷 ( = j^) to melt; to sell out.
往 日 constantly; usually.
商 本 capital in tnule.
賠 塾 to m;ike up (as a deficiency).
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h^uei Jt$ 缺 ！t (lofioionoy.
pu 不堪 之實 在情形 it is really impossible to
U';ir tins; the aUite of matters is more than we
can bear.
昔日 former days. [p. 266]
tm 足數 the complete amount.
pUn 變通 to change ； to make a change by way of
accinniiiodation or of compromise.
cho j5'j 减 to decide upon diminishing.
chc 折收 to receive in proportion ； to receive
jter cent
" 敢 an enemy ； to compete with.
敵 私 to compete with smuggling.
lean 挽 to revert to the former state ； to restore.
ch'i 起兑 to start the idea of; the motive for.
cJii 極 力 with the utmost of one's strength.
tan 淡 insipid ； flat; dull (as trade); poor and deficient
(as receipts of money).
i 炎 收 deficient receipts ； a deficit.
ju 如 故 as of old ； as formerly.
rh'oii 抽 不敷解 to levy an amount insufficient for
reiuittance (said of a tax farmer who does not
collect the amount contracted for).
/" 敷解 to remit the full amount contracted for
(as a t:ix fanner remits to Government).
t^'il 此誡 關手事 勢使然 this has really be come
thus through the influence of circumstances.
fciWH g 爵 手 to 1)6 connected with ； to be the result of.
事 勢 the state of matters ； circumstances.
、'& iTi 使 然 to cause it to be thus ； to bring about,
"(ai 才 mental capacity ； power ； talent.
才 拙 inability ； incompetency.
cho 拙 stupid ； unskilful.
w<i 未 善 not good ； not properly.
so 所致 that which is the cause ； that causes it.
策 a scheme ； a proposition ； a means of.
cAmi 沾 益 to participate in profit ； to receive profit.
P'" 賠 累 to involve in indemnification ； to cause
one to luake up for a deficit.
" 顧 全大局 to look out for the best interests
of a matter.
i 全始 終之美 to consider the advantages
from 1 凡' ginning to end.
始 終 the beginning and end; a period taken
altogether.
而 i 美 advantages.
® 折 to suffer loss.
li 力量 vigour ； ability ； solvency.
chih 支 to attend to; to manage.
tsai 再 四 思 維 to consider over and over again ； to
consider ripely.
ssit 思 維 to consider.
chi'ai 釣 諭 your instructions.
cho 著 to order ； to instruct ； " the instructions are that."
2)u 铺具 退"^ to send in a supplementary state-
ment reoariling one's resignation.
i 以是 0 起 to date from this, or that, day.
skao 少 little ； in the least ； the least amount.
yang 仰 懇 to respectfully pray for.
fu 俯 念商艱 to kindly take into consideration our
(the merchants') difficulties.
chuyig 重璧銷 to give due weight to Likin tax interests.
疲 fatigue ； loss of strength.
疲 敝 weakness.
i 符原案 in accordance with the original
arrangement.
chieh 截 to cut off ； exactly (as applied to a limit of time).
hsil 虚 憑 lit" to suspend in the empty space ； "to pay-
over the left shoulder." [p. 267]
ch'S 撤 返 to resign, to withdraw (as from an office).
ck'ieh 接 辦 to take over charge of an office ； to take in
hand the management of.
hui 囊 解 to forward collectively ； to collect and remit.
jen 飼 接辦 to bind oneself in remitting a certain
sum out of taxes collected ； to take over the
collection of a tax, on the farming system ； to
guarantee the revenue.
sf 隠 9 商 販 traders.
chiln 軍 ^ military people ； the soldiery.
ch'ih 遲 疑 to delay and doubt ； to raise obstructive
doubts.
hiaii 觀 望 to look on ； remiss ； negligent.
sstt 司 巡人等 managing and executive officers.
Z《w 留 難 to delay and obstruct ； obstruction.
hsU 許 to allow ； it is allowed to.
chill 指 明 to point out, or to report, a person (as an
oflender).
ping 禁控 to accuse.
niu 扭解 to arrest
chiich 决 不姑寬 on no account will leniency be shown.
he 姑 to tolerate ； lenient.
姑 宽 to show indulgence.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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ching
ku ng
kuaii
h'ug
hou
chia
U
shun
hs'dn
Document No. 135.
逕 to pass by ； directly.
逕啓者 I beg to inform you (an opening phrase
in If Iters).
承函 to receive, or to have received, a letter.
惠 臨 to kindly descend ； to honour with a visit.
敝 meiin ； poor ； hence, as a term of modesty, "my."
敝公 t§ iiiy residence ； my house.
公 館 the residence of an official or a literary man.
館 an inn ； a lodge.
脸 to hear ； to listen ； to obey.
Ifl 敎 to listen to one's teaching ； " I shall be
glatl to listen to your conversation " (said iu
accepting the announcement of a visit).
快 glad ； cheerful ； quick.
快 慰 pleased ； glad.
婦 to sweep before the door ； i.e., to keep one's
house ready to receive a visitor.
候駕 I await you.
駕 a chariot ； he who sits in a chariot ； hence, as
a term of respect, "you."
励 to 、vi'ite.
JJfl 此奉覆 I write this in reply.
順 Ira "witli kind wishes" (a concluding phrase
in letters).
Mil (or 動〉 merit ； patriotic distinction.
動安 [I wish you] merit and peace (a concluding
phrase in letters).
t'i
tao
t'ung
shm
sai
ch' &' Iff
kung
ming
huang
chieh
Document No. 136.
[p. 268]
提督 a general-in-chief or admiral-in-cliief {see
Maters' " The Chinese Govermnent,'' No. 440).
道台 a Taot'ai.
同 此 the same as this ； to the same effect.
绅 商 the gentry and merchants ； the community.
赛 馬之期 a race meeting.
承嘱 to receive iustructions to ； to be commis-
sioned with.
恭 Ih to respectfully request or invite.
命 驚 to order one's carriage ； to get ready for a
visit.
光 5^ to honour one with a visit.
藉邀 to avail oneself of an invitation.
ching
to
han
shaiKj 賞 to rejoice; to take pleasure in.
賞璧 to enjoy a view or a spectacle,
cjj! 璧 to survey ； to view.
" 勝 (二不 勝) how could it equal? i.e., not
equal to ； inexpreysibly ； liighly.
葛勝 欣躍 I shall be extremely delighted.
hsiu 欣 （Idi'i^hted ； happy.
欣 躍 to be delighted.
Wl to write respectfully ； I rcspectfull}^ iiiform
you [of the above] (a concluding i)lira-、e in letters).
shcmj 升安 [I wish you] promotion :incl peace (a cou-
cludiug phrase in letters).
移
Document No. 137.
^ ^ 者 a respectful reply ； I beg to reply.
桑 a head of flowers ； flowery ； as a term of respect,
"your,"
桑 翰 yoiir flowery epistle ； your note.
翰 a quill ； a pencil ； something written ； a letter.
■i that; to the effect that.
jw 辱 to disgrace.
馬 承 lU" I have disgraced you iu receiving, i.e.,
you have honoured me without my deserving.
辱 承見召 I have beeu honoured by you with
an iuvitatiou,
見召 to be called ； to be invited.
P《7i 本 當 properly speaking, I ought to. #
j« 如 約 as by Treaty bound; as agreed to. A
"•"t 線 to practise; to drill. ' •
練軍 to drill troops.
chi 稽査弁 兵勇丁 數目 to muster officers and
privates ； a general muster.
閱核 to inspect. [p. 269]
chHcn 錢 粮 money and grain ； rations.
chang 帳 務 accounts business.
ttc 督率 to superintend ； to direct.
ch'ou 4 由 身 to take oneself off; to stay away.
fu 赴命 to obey a call ； to follow an invitation.
chieh 藉 Jfp to avail oneself of listening to; to listen, to
(as to the conversation of one's host).
ta 大敎 the great instruction (politely for " your
instructive conversation").
i ； as agreed to.
ti 卜~^ n ttt
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114
jpao
— ―,
yiiaii
an
nhin
ching
icfi
抱 to grasp ； to feel ； to have in the heart.
抱 歉 to feci uncomfortable about a matter; to feel
regret.
(^DR 之處希 爲原? 爲禱 I that you
^ ~ will re^Mi'l my roj^M'et as B^proul' ut my original
j^ootl intention,
ip: ori^iniilly synipatliising^
恕 henevolent; loyal
肅復 to respectfully reply.
伸 謝 to present one's thanks.
敬 請台安 with respectful kind inquiries (a con-
chiilini: phrase in letters),
惟 照 direct your thoughts to this note (a con-
fUuiin*; phrase in letters).
不 ― not a few; many ； many times; also, a very
common concluding' phrase in letters, which, like
the corresponding phrases 不 宣， 不 ffj, 不 盡，
ami others, are mere expletives, but serve to show-
that a letter is finished.
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力
ksian'j
Ian
2>ti
fin
shcng
hsin
Document No. 138.
相 邀 to invite.
趨 to run ； to follow (jiiickly ； to hasten.
趨赴 to hasten to ； to readily follow an invitation.
以 i 覧觀 in order to avail myself of the
spt'ctiicle.
覽觀 to take :i view ； to witness a spectacle.
不 克 not able to.
分身 to absent oneself; to stay away.
盛 情 kind feelings ； kindness.
領 to he indebted for; lit, received and kept
by one's heart! *"
*- -
to speak; to say.
道謝 to express one's thanks.
是荷 I shall thank you for ； to be obliged.
專 此布覆 I specially inform you of this in
reply.
Document No. 139.
[p. 270]
t'ai 台 函 your letter.
ii 得悉 to be informed of; to note the contents of
(as of a note).
ta 大會 a general meeting.
chi 極欲 to desire very much.
knan 觀光 to view the glory; politely for "to meet
you " (as in accepting an invitation).
kung 公 冗 public business ； official duties.
jung 冗 a flairs ； duties.
wci 未 獲 cnimot ； cannot manage to.
fang 放 手 to release one's hands, i.e., to stay one's hand;
to leave oft' work.
kao 告 罪 to apologise.
shih 是幸 I shall be pleased if you will ； I will thank
you to.
Document No. 140.
h(fi 此八月 十九曰 on this, the i9tli day of the
8th moon.
cliieh
屆
滿 to complete (as a term).
U W 卜
屈
期 on the day fixed ； punctually.
hsiln
迅
quickly ； promptly.
kau
趕
to hasten ； to hurry.
haiL
函
達 to inform by letter.
fa
達
to inform.
屆 倉 [J as soon as , then.
shih
是
I
所 至 禱 this is what I very much
would urgently ask for this.
pray for ；
Document No. 141.
[p. 271]
t'ai
tso
huan
i
Chilian
ming
ti
clmng
chih
U
pu
chiao
tsai
chieh
pi
shih
台 7J\ your instructions ； your letter.
Bfe 夜 last night.
關 0 宵 a Customs officer ； tidewaiters ； watchers.
醫 院 a hospital.
出 水 to come out of the water ； to be landed
from the sea, or to be exported across the sea.
船戸 a ship's employ^ ； a boatman.
明 知 to clearly know ； to be clearly known to
第 but ； however ； merely.
重以 to consider of importance the fact that ；
considering the fact that.
孰意 to stick to one's view.
励覆 to reply.
布 達 to inform.
敎士 a teacher ； a teacher of religion ； a missionary.
觀 to stow cargo.
戴赴 to send by boat to.
藉圜 to make use of an opportunity for illegal
plots ； to seize an occasion for plotting.
弊 混 irregularities ； srauggling.
是 爲至荷 I shall be much obliged thereby.
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Document No. 142.
fku 住 宿 to stog^; to lodge.
chieh 借用 to borrow for use.
ying 營 卩' 肖， a patrol ； a division of a battalion {sec
Mayers' " The Chinese Government," No. 439).
， 佈覆 to reply.
shui 水提台 （二 水師 提督） an admiral, [p. 272]
pi'io 標 a brigade ； a naval division ； a squadron.
Jiih 師船 a naval boat. clf^'^^tc
fen 分派 to detail. ^i%0ri«lO\ *
hsilu 逝防 to cruise and guard ； to cruise about.
Ml 職 守 official guard ； to be on duty (as a guard).
ch'ou 抽 派 to send on special duty ； to take out of one's
routine for special duty, ^ c/n.c A ,
hsiao 小 晴 guard-boats.
ti 底 a bottom (as of a boat),
kai 蓋 a cover (as the cover of a boat).
ch'^h speedily ； promptly.
渡船 a ferry-boat ； a passage-boat.
Zim 賴旅 to send on duty in rotation.
^ 夭才 the great talent ； a polite phrase for " you."
fs'ai 裁 酌 to decide.
ch 漏 I 專 Jl[; 奉布 T sjicciully inform you of this.
Document No. 143.
s""'? fiM to read in a iiiurmurm;; tone (as prayerj>) ； to
read (as a letter).
/"(ft 華 翰 your flowery epistle ； your note.
to 大移 your communication ； your letter.
章 銜 conjointly (said of two officials issuiiij^ ； i '
joint proclamation).
wa/if/ 枉 to force ； e.g., ； j; 王 駕， to force oneself (as to pay
:i visit to an inferior). " —
|J 顧 to honour one with a visit.
顧 to attend to ； to be a customer; to visit.
P'eyig 烹 to boil (as tea).
烹奢 to prepare good tea ； to prepare for I'eceh.—
a visitor.
niing 著 the tender leaves of tea ； superior tea,
chih 96 ^ to respectfully await.
1" hn^ Wtllt*'^'^
紅，
PART II.
VOCABULARY, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
16
VOCABULARY.
II. ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
A.
阿 (or 亞) inferior ； often forms the first part of a
proper mime, chiefly among the lower classes, e.g.,
A-tning; used in representing the sound a or o in
foreign names.
阿 拉比國 f"-"- 卢 Arabia.
阿爾菖 It 帝爾鑌 (a-crh~tun-pu4rh-^m) Olden-
burg.
阿 魏 asai;:etida.
挨 t(i receive ； to suffer.
挨 打 tu be beaten.
挨及國 ai-chi-kuo ) Egypt.
^ grief ； pain.
^ 號 to scream from pain or grief.
哀 叩 to pray for urgently.
哀 '1' 困 the sentiments of grief.
^ ,§、 thoughts of grief.
涯 a shore ； a limit.
碍 礙) to endanger ； clanger ； difficulty ； to cause
ditticuities to ； to obstruct ； to interfere with.
碍 處 obstructions ； difficulties.
職 a puss ； straits.
安 peaceful ； contented with ； to make easy ； to
place ； to lay down.
安 分 peaceful and, contented ； orderly.
安天命 contented with Heaven's decree ； to sub-
mit to fate.
安 心 to make one's heart easy.
安商業 to make the merchant's business easy.
安 家之費 payments for the benefit of one's
family.
安 WL to erect ； to lay down (as a buoy).
安 息 香 guiu benjamin.
安 息 油 oil of gvim benjamin.
安凝省 the province of Anhwei.
安南國 an-nan-huo ) Annam ； Annamese.
安 平 An-p'ing, near T'ai-wan, Formosa.
安 慶 (an-ckHng) Ank'ing (capital of the Anhwei
province, and a port of call on the Yangtze).
按 according to ； to examine.
按察 使 a provincial judge.
按 .■H-conling to.
按 照 辦 理
to act accordingly.
按 Ft calculated at
aiuj
按 貨科稅 to culculate duties on the goods
carried.
is 限 within the limit (of time).
按 B according to date.
按七日 weekly ； by the week.
按 月 l、y the month ； monthly.
按 年 annually.
铵年 月 yearly or monthly.
按 期定數 at regular (fixed) dates.
按股分 according to share.
按 類 according to category ； according to deno-
miuation.
按 律 according to law.
桉羅 經方向 magnetic bearings.
按 特 at the proper time; punctually.
按 此 卽 知 it may be known therefrom.
案 a court ； a case ； (= 案 査) whereas ； according
to.
案 查 wliereas.
案 內 in the case.
案 內情形 the particular circumstiuices of the
oa.se.
案 情 the details of A case.
案 情 抄 錄 a copy of the minutes of a case.
案 由 oases and their details.
暗 (lark ； secret ； hidden.
暗沙 ii .sandbank or shoal below water.
P 音輸船 a steamer driven by an unseen or hidden
wheel ； i.e., a screw steamer.
諸 to know about.
岸 a shore ； the coast. ，
爲 high ； to raise.
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anff 爲稅 10 raise the duty.
布爾 (ang-pti-crh) the city of Hamburg,
fi" 熬 to boil.
熬 作 W 觔 to hoil, or refine, sugar.
"f> [UJ ;i 1:1、 ity ； concave.
[UJ 錢 ； I coiH-avo \Qm, or a reflector.
llfl 錢逼 射澄光 ：i concave and reflecting light ；
； I (.-aloptrio light.
00 奥 mysterioxis ； obscure.
奧期 底里雅 (fto-ssH-ti'U-ya) Australia,
ao 澳 ：t l»;iy.
澳 M;\fao.
c.
cJut 札 rt despatch from a superior. See cha 答 ij.
dm 紫 [also written 答 ij, 剖， 札， and 扎] to be stationed
at.
ciia 割 [also written 札] a despatch from a superior to
an inferior ； to be stationed at.
答 ij 行 to address a despatch to an inferior.
答 ij 令 to nrflor, in a despatch.
答 Ij 筋 to instruct.
答 Ij 委 t'j write officially to an inferior.
答 ij 文 a, despatch to an inferior ； instructions.
cha 乍 suilflenly ； abruptly.
乍 明乍滅 lighting up suddenly and eclipsing
suddenly ； occulting (as a navigation light).
cha 炸 to blow up ； to explode.
fK 藥 dynamite.
ch'a 査 to exumine ； to look into ； whereas ； often denotes
merely what we should express by a new paragraph.
査照 tn take official notice ； for official informa-
tion ； placed after the name of the recipient in
addresses, etc.; used for an chao (按 照)'
according to.
查 照施行 to note and act accordingly.
查照 辦 to act according to instructions
査 照辦理 to act accordingly.
査 抄 t'.i seize for confiscation.
査 究 to examine ； to try.
査出 it comes out ； it is brought home to one ； to
timl nut ； to discover.
査獲 to seize (as smuggled goods).
査 雜 to cancel.
査看 to inspect.
c/t'*t 査管 to examine and control ； to be charged with
the inspection of.
査明 to inspect (as a document) ； to ascertain ； to
recognise on examination ； to find to be.
査 明聲復 to examine and report in reply.
査挈 to search and seize ； to seize.
査辦 to investigate.
査收 to receive officially ； to take delivery of.
査 對 to check ； to examine,
査爐 to search the hold of a ship.
査驗 to examine ； examination.
査閱 to note ； to examine and take note of; to
peruse.
査 有 there was found to be.
c/fcVfc 差 mistaken ； erroneous. See ch*^m and tz'ft.
差 遠 very different ； quite mistaken,
c 九' (t 察 to examine ； to search.
察看 to examine.
察奪 to examine and judge ； to decide.
ch'a 擦 to scatter ； to rub.
擦 損 to destroy by rubbing or scratching- ; to
efface.
ck'a 茶 tea.
茶 末 tea dust.
茶 師 a tea taster or tea inspector.
茶碗 a tea-bowl.
茶 葉 tea. (as merchandise).
ch'a 搭 to rub on ； to besmear.
ck'a 誉 to inquire into.
管 核 to inquire into ； to examine.
ch'a ^ to deceive by brag and talk.
誌 異 strange ； incredible.
chai 側 oblique ； to lie on one side.
chai 摘 to pluck ； to pick.
摘 列 to give an extract from ； an extract from (as
t.i'om a document or a book).
摘 頂 to take off the button of an official by way
of punishment.
to owe ； to be in debt. .
主 a creditor.
項 a debt ； debts.
a private residence ； a house.
narrow.
an encampment ； a fort.
债債債 宅窄寨
.s .M -TO .OT
c c c
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ch'tti 差 to send ； a messenger. See ch'a and tz^u,
差遣 to send ； to depute.
差拘 to seize ； to arrest.
差使 to be sent (as an envoy) ； to depute.
差委 to depute.
差 役 official messengers,
ctoi 拆 to break open.
拆 壞 to break up ； to demolish.
拆 毀 to break up.
拆 信 to open a letter.
拆 動 to tamper with ； to open (as p:ickages under
bond).
rh'ai 柴 firewood.
柴 薪 firewood.
柴 魚 stock-fish.
chan 佔 to usurp ； to encroach on.
佔 船 to trespass upon the space of a ship's hold
(by not taking delivery of cargo).
chan
沾
to moisten ； to be affected by ； to receive favour.
沾
恩 to receive favour.
沽
染 satamted with ； infected by.
沾
仁 to receive humane treatment.
沾
益 to participate in profit ； to receive profit.
chan
-霑
(= 沾) to moisten ； to receive favours.
chan
孝占
to paste on. See ？ t-ie?! 帖.
chan
魅
felt ； rugs ； carpets ； carpeting ； blankets.
氈
帽 felt caps.
氈
碎 felt cuttings.
氈
缝 carpets and druggets.
chan
展
to expand ； to extend.
展
轉 repeatedly ； again and again.
展
P 良 to extend a limit.
展
緩 to postpone ； to extend (as a limit of time).
chan
棧
a warehouse ； a godown ； to store in a godown.
棧
尻 a warehouse ； a godown.
chan
斬
to cut in two ； to behead.
斬 絞 to behead and strangle.
斬 罪 capital punishment.
chm 暫 temporarily ； a short time.
暫 且 temporarily.
暫 先 beforehand ； for the time being.
暫存 to keep on deposit ； on deposit.
chan 暫 temporarily ； iwr tiie time bcin;^'.
chan 1^ to fight ； a battle ； war.
戰船： t war junk ； a man-of-war ； a gunboat.
ch'dn 操 lo mix (as good metal with an inferior metal) ；
to make up ； to repair.
攙銀器 plated ware.
ch(an 產 to give birth to; to produce ； produce.
產 製 to maniilacture.
產業 a business to make a living from ； u living ；
ii property.
chang 章 regulations.
章 程 regulations.
chanfj 彰 to promulgate.
彰明 to promulgate ； to make known to the
public.
chang 樟 (or 潭） camphor.
棒 腦 camphor.
潭 州 府 the prefecture of Chang-chou, near
Amoy.
cliang 長 to grow ； to extend. Cf. c¥ang 長. long,
長進 to make progress.
長落 to grow and foil; increase and decrease ；
fluctuation.
chanKj 帳 an account ； curtains. See chang 賜.
帳 子 curtains.
帳 務 accounts business.
帳 房 an office where accounts are settled ； 'a
counting-house ； a shroff's or comprador's office ；
an accountant ； a shrofi".
chang 張 (= 帳) an account.
賜本 i M u
一 > an account book.
賬簿 （
賜 尾 the balance of an account.
張 目 accounts.
chang 張 a sheet ； classifier of mats, bed sheets, mattresses,
etc., and of lottery tickets ； to stretch.
張掛 to hoist, or fly, a flag.
chang 漲 water rising ； to overflow.
漲潮 a rising tide.
ehang 掌 to control.
掌管 to manage ； to control.
chang 丈 a chang (=141 inches, or iij feet, English).
^ 尺 chang and chHh; i.e., length or measurement
(as of piece goods).
丈量 a measure of length.
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ckumj 仗 (o tijj".
ehaiuj 杖 to U-at with the bamboo.
fhUing 倡 II leitiler.
(*A*"ny a singmg woman; a prostitute.
rh'antj 常 c'lustiintly ; usually; commonly.
常 川 iinintvrrnptedly ； coutinuously ； regularly (lit.,
an uninU'iTUpted stream).
常 jl| M 辦 to inaniige matters permuncntly in
lliis manner.
常明燈 "fixed Ugbt.
常 用 in oonstiint use ； consUmtly occurring.
？ ii' Jfl 雜费 ordinary expenditure.
？！? 鎮通海 the four departments of Ch'ang-chou-
I'u '(常 '■/'■"".'/), ClK'n-chiang-fu (鎮 rliai), T'ung-
cbou (通 t'Hiig), and Hai-men-t'ing (f 每 hai),
forming the circuit in charge of the Taot'ai at
Ohinkiang.
ch^amj 竊 a shed ； a yard ； a tux office.
ch^ang 值 to imlcuinify,
償還 to pay a debt ； to repay ； to refund.
ch^ang 曾 to taste ； a sign of the past : have, has.
rk^ang 長 long ； length. Cf. chang 長， to grow.
長 江 the Yangtze river.
長 江六處 the six landing stages on the Yangtze
(openetl to tnide by the Chefoo Convention).
長江 j| 充 共章程 the Revised Yangtze Trade
Regulations.
長方式 diamond shaped.
長 工 constant work ； long contract work.
長 短 length.
長 承 to receive for a long time.
長岐山 Chang-cli*i Peak, near Foochow.
fh'an^ 場 an enclosure ； barracks (as at an emigration
agency) ； an arena ； saltflats ； salt factories.
堪 價 the official price of salt.
chao 召 to summon.
召見 to call to court ； to assemble at court.
chao 招 to invite ； to encourage ； to beckon ； to call.
招 搖 to entice by showing oneself off; to put on
false airs.
招募 to enlist ； to engage.
招 商 to invite merchants ； to promote commerce.
招商局 } the China Merchants' Steam Navi-
招商船 局 ( gation Company.
招 商分局 a branch officfe of the China Mer-
chants' Company.
chao 招 帖 ； I iiiiml-biU ； an advertisement.
招 祖 to be let (as a house).
招 致華民 to seek for Chiuaiuen (as for coolie
I'liii^ration).
招 工 to seek work ； to emigrate ； emigrant ；
euii^f ration.
招 工章程 regulations lor the emigration of
(■oolies.
招 主 (= 招工 主) ：i coolie employer.
chao 詔 to proclaim.
詔 Pi an imperial decree.
cfuio 昭 to make known ； to display ； bright ； intelligent.
昭 豫 intelligent and contented (of a well-balanced
niiud).
BE ？ 0 bright and accordant.
chao 照 to reflect ； a document ； a certificate ； a pass ：
to certify ； according to ； as.
照 面 鏡 mirrors.
照 貨相符 certificate and goods agreeing ； if the
goods are found to agree \vitL the certificate
covering them.
照 案 according to precedent.
照 章 according to regulations.
照 例 according to rule ； in accordance with, i.e.,
not contrary to, regulations.
照銅 錢一律 in conformity with [the rule re-
gar'lini;] opper cash.
照値百 抽五例 according to the five per cent.
ad valor Oil principle.
照 舊 as heretofore ； as before.
照 常 as usual.
照 依 according to.
照尋 常式檨 in customary form.
照呈 （二 照數 呈送） to hand over an amount
as per account.
照 數查收 to receive an amount as per account.
照 & to till in (as in a document).
照 知 to inform in a despatch.
照 會 an official communication ； a despatch ； to
;idt.h-es3 in a despatch.
照復
照 覆
照 送 to forward officially.
照 詳施行 to report [in order to solicit instruc-
tions] for one's guidance.
照辦 to act accordingly.
' to reply in a despatch.
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Wm'.' 照所請 as requested.
照 得 whereas.
照 稱； 111 official despatch stating ； to state in an
official document.
照 料 to superintend ； to manage,
照 完 to pay in accordance with (viz., the proper
nite).
照 登底簿 to enter in a book.
'•/"'(' 朝 file luornuig. Cf. ch'ao 朝， court.
朝 夕 I'lovning and evening ； between morning and
uvt'iiing ； in the course of a day.
chao 著 着) certain ； true ； to lUDuifest.
'•hao t" seek,
找 錢 to change money.
找 還 to repay.
找 尋 to seek.
ck'ao 吵 to -wrangle.
卩少 鬧 to altercate ； to scold.
f'h'cw 抄 to seize ； to confiscate ； to copy.
t'l? 丰占 to annex, or enclose, a copy.
抄 書 :i copy book.
抄 莊 a wholesale establishment.
c/i'ao 鈔 money orders ； tonnage dues ； to copy.
鈔 項 1
鈔 課 V tonnage dues.
m mJ
鈔 ^ Government notes.
鈔 單 a copy of a document.
存 潘 查 to file a copy in the archives ； to take
a record of.
ch'ao 朝 the court ； the dynasty. Cf. chao 朝， morning.
朝 服 court dress.
朝 考 the grand examination at Peking.
朝 廷 the court.
潮 the flood tide ； damp.
潮 漲 the flood rising.
潮 漲 時 ：it high-water time ； the flood rising.
潮満特 at high-water time ； when the tide is full,
潮落時 at low-water time.
潮 濕 damp.
潮 '}]] the prefecture of Ch*ao-chou, near Swatow.
潮 海 關 the Swatow Customs.
潮陽縣 the district of Ch'ao-yang, near Swatow.
ch^ao 巢 ； I nest ； a nest of robbers ； a den of thieves.
chS 遮 to screen ； to conceal ； an lunbrelln.
遮 蔽 to obscure ； to render invisil)lo.
遮 滅 t') eclipse.
遮 掩 不 ^ to be shudei-l ofi' jiikI become invisible.
che 者 that which ； gives the verb preceflin<{ it the
force of a p:irticiple or a relative chnist,-. Shou-
mai (售 賣) to sell ； shon-vtai-rhc (售 寶 者)，
the selimtf ones, or, those who sell, Such ； i plirase
may be preceded by a noun, c.(j., shanfj-jcti shoti-
mai-che (商 人售賣 ^), which means "those
of tlie merchiUiU who M'li，" or "such merchants
as may sell." For other uses of this particle, see
Williams' " Syllabic Dictionary," p. 38, and the
se\ eral works existing upon Chinese j.M'-animar.
chc 折 tn lireak oft'; to deduct ； to calculate a proportinn.
折毀 to break up ； to demolish.
折增 to add to (in calculating).
折 合 to calculate.
折 交 t') pay in proi_iiirtion to
折 抽 to levy a proportionate tax.
折 抽膏鐘 a tax levied on boiloil o\m\m ； the
b.(o-l I tax.
折 中 to strike an average ； average.
折收 to receive in proportion ； to receive
per cent.
折 銀 to calculate an amount of money.
cM 浙 ( = 浙 江) the province of Chukiang.
浙 海 關 the Ningpo Customs.
cM 措 to fold up ； a paper folded up ； a report ； lui
account ； a memorial to the Throne.
措奏 to memorialise the Emperor.
che 輒 then (denoting sequence). Cf. ch i |p.
輒 即 then (denoting sequence) ； at once.
ch^G 車 ； I cart ； a carriage.
車 輸 carts ； carriages.
ch'6 扯 to pull apart ； to tear away ； to haul up ； to hoist.
扯挂 to hoist (as a flag).
扯 旗望臺 a signal station.
扯上 扯下 to hoist and lower (as a signal Hag w
lantern on board ship).
扯平 to strike an average.
ch'6 撤 to remove ； to withdraw ； to set aside ； to recall
(； IS troops).
撒 銷 to cancel ； to expire.
撤去不 用 to remove and cease using ； to dis-
continue.
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M 报 回 tu turn hiu-k ； to send back.
撒究 （二辦 tt 究辦） to w 腸 ve from office
anil ijunish.
推 退 to resi"'n， to withdraw (as from an office) ；
to remove ； to dismiss (as an employe).
rh'£ 激 to search thoroughly.
fH 査 to seiirch out ； to sift to the bottom.
("h'i 錄 the truck of a wheel ； a precedent.
ch*i jJ2 to dr«ir ； to pull.
^ 財 !if.、 "to pull elbows,"' i.e., to hinder ； to
eiiilmrniss.
j|2 取 to take delivery of ； to receive.
rh£n 具 true; real.
奥 參 re;il ginseng.
具金線 real gold thread.
M SI 線 I'eal silver thread.
與 正 real ； ret^ular ； m the proper sense of the
word ； ho7u1 Jide.
與 實 true ； really.
fhin 錄 a regiment ； a brigade ； (= 鎮 台) a brigadier-
jieneral ； a town.
錄 協各營 the battalions of a regiment.
鎮 守 to guard ； to have charge of (as a general).
錄 鄉 towns and villages.
续 (= 錄江 cMn-chiang) Chinkiang.
鎮江關 the Chinkiang Customs.
chcn 珍 preoious (as a gem).
珍愛 U) be fond of (as a curiosity, jewel, etc.).
珍 珠 real pearls.
珍 寶 precious things ； valuable.
cMn 診 to examine.
診 視 to see and examine a patient (as a physician
does). ■
(Mn 续 to c<»llect ; many.
cUn 針 (or § 或） a needle ； needles.
cUn 堪 to deliberate.
掛酒 to consult ； to deliberate.
斟酌適 中之論 to consult about a middle
course ； to strike an average.
c，" 胺 I， the Emperor ； We.
朕 心 Our Imperial heart.
cft£" 娠 to relieve ； to aid the distressed.
chcn 震 to shake ； to alarm.
震 悼 to be shocked with grief.
ch'cJi 臣 a Minister of State.
臣衙 i】iy, the Minister's, yamen or office.
ch'Sn 沉 to sink ； deep.
沉 有 there is sunk (as a wreck).
沉 香 garoo-wood.
沉 思 to think deeply.
沉船 a sunken ship ； a wreck.
沉船 木料 materials from vessels wrecked.
ch*en 辰 the Chinese hour f'l'om 7 to 9 a.m.
ck^Sn 陳 to state to ； old ； stale.
陳說 to explain ； to state ； to set forth.
陳 明 to state.
陳 皮 dried orange peel.
chejiff 正 exactly ； only ； the first ； the principal ； full (as
full duty, full rank) ； added to numeral expres-
sions in order to prevent unauthorised additions
being made, and corresponding to " onlj/，" as in
"one hundred taels only " ； just ； just at the time
when ； as applied to colours, deep.
正 直 regular ； straight.
正 西 due west.
正 稅 full duty ； i.e., full import duty.
正稅單 （= 土貨 出口正 稅單） an export
chity-puid certilicate.
正 稅憑單 a full duty proof.
正 半兩稅 the full and half duty.
正 半稅單 a full and half duty-paid certificate
itnv Yangtze ports).
正 數 the full amount.
正 glj the principal and second ； chief and assistant.
正 堂 the chief magistrate (whether prefect or
district magistrate, as opposed to the assistant
magistrates).
正 品 full rank ； the first or A division of each
of the nine grades of official rank, as opposed to
從 品， the second or U division.
正 工 regular work, i.e., work done during working
hum's; contract work.
正 賊 the ringleaders of a band of robbers.
正 法 capital punishment.
正 月 the first month of the year.
正 在 just at (local or temporal).
正 在前面 directly in front of,
正 在籌辦 間 just at the time when matters
M'ere amuiged,
正在 核辦間 when just engaged in managing
[a case].
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chciKj 正 資色： t deep yellow colour.
正白旗 one of the eight banners of Imperial
troop.s ； the " Phi in White Banner,"
'■fi^iii/ 征 to levy duty.
征 稅 to levy duty.
征 §p to levy tonnage dues.
征收 to collect (as duties),
cliniij 政 (Tovernment jidministratiou ； to regulate.
5£ sickness.
fhHuf.i 証 to bear witness ； to verify.
証人： t witness.
証 據 testimony ； evidence ； a protest lodged in
" irder to serve afterwards as evidence.
fhciKj 整 to adjust ； to repnir ； (= 正) after numbers,
" only."
整理 to adjust ； to repair ； to keep in order ； to
arrange for.
整潔 in proper order unci clean ； in good condition.
整 頓 to set in order ； to arrange ； to repair.
■■'"'"f/ 鎮 lucky ； auspicious ； being a forbidden character,
should be wriUen jp^ (clung).
^'cntj 爭 to quarrel.
爭 論 to quarrel ； to discuss.
■he II 1 1 徵 to levy ； evidence ； to prove.
徵 收 to levy; to collect.
徵. 免船 # 章程 the Tonnnge Dues Regula-
tions.
■ it> >"j i 登 to substantiate ； evidence ； a witness.
證 質 cross-examination.
證 據 pi'oof ； evidence.
'/'V"f/ 稱 to weigh ； to coiTespond to; to be adequate ； to
state ； to style.
稱 職 to be adequate to one's post ； to perform
one's duties as an official in proper form.
呈 to state to a superior ； to address a superior ； to
hand to a superior.
呈明 to state clearly.
呈照 to deliver a certificate.
呈請 to apply for; to request to.
呈 乞 to present a request.
呈 報 to report.
呈裏 to present a petition.
呈 具 to draw up and hand in (as a bond).
呈 具報單 to make a written declaration ； to
send in a declaration.
to present (as a document at an office); t"
baud up.
呈交
to tender ； to present ； to pay (as (lutio;.
呈 乂備寄 to deliver for filing in the jirchives.
呈出 to produce (as a certificate).
呈 驗 to present for examination.
呈 5iM to send in ； to transmit to [a superior].
呈遞 to hand in ； to present.
呈 ？ H to apply for and receive permission ； by
authority.
呈存 to deliver for safe custody.
ch^c7if/ 程 regulations ； a pattern ； to travel ； a road.
ch^ciiff 丞 literary designation of a sub-prefect ； an as-
sistant.
丞相 a Prime Minister.
c'',— 承 to receive ； to undertake ； a sign of the passive.
承 大人派 I have been deputed by you, tlie
Ta-jen. "
承遣 to be sent ； an emissary.
承嘱
to receive instructions to ； to be commis-
sioned with.
承 認 to acknowledge.
承 住 to fill a post ； to take charge of an office.
承充 to l〕e entrusted with the duties of; to act a 卜.
承工 to undertake work ； to do coolie labour ；
ct>olie.
承 人招工 to engage a man for coolie labour.
承 辦 to undertake the management of ； to t^ike in
hand business (such as la、v suits, etc.)-
承買 to contract for purchase.
承 約 to make an agreement.
承當 to become liable ； to be bound to.
承 ？ 虽 to receive.
承函 to receive, or to have received, a letter.
承歡 to receive pleasure.
承襲 to enter upon hereditary rank ； to inherit.
ch^cng 成 complete ； full ； fulness ； ready ； to become ； tn
make ； made of ； a tenth ； tenths.
成案 a precedent ； lit., a ready case.
成直線 a straight line,
成疾 to contract a disease.
成本 to make into a book or pamphlet.
成 色 per-centage or proportion of pure metal in
； m alloy.
成 色若干 the touch (of silver).
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rh'fng 诚 a city ； a city wall.
城 外 outside the city ； in the suburbs.
ih't'nfj 誠 roally ； sincerely ； honest.
城 恐 there is real fear that.
誠 懇 sincere ami earnest
t-AViij? 乘 to avail oneself of.
乗 機 to embruce m opportunity.
乘 ^ to make use of the circumstances.
ch^cng 懇 (or 惩） to correct ； to punish.
戀辦 to try and pimish an offender.
^治 to punish.
ch^cng 种 to \vei<;h.
3^ 計 to calculate the weight ； to weigh.
种 準 to adjust the weight ； to weigh.
种 碼 scales and weights ； weights and measures.
？平 頭 a balance ； scales,
chi 幾 how many i a certain number (as in 第幾號
=" No. so-and-so ；'' " what number ？ ") ； several ；
nearly ； almost.
幾 名 how many persons ？ so many persons ； several
persons.
幾 次 how niauy times ？ several times.
幾 幾 so many as {e.g.j to pay so
mantj times the Likin duty as there are barriers
on the road).
幾倍 so many times.
幾 致成灾 almost amouuting to a calamity.
幾 不欲生 almost not to desire to live; I might
have wished to die.
''^^ 機 a mechanical contrivance ； to seize an oppor-
tunity ； to watch the right moment for.
機宜 to consider a propos ； to judge proper.
機 器 iiuichmery,
機 器局； I manufactm-y for machinery ； an arsenal.
機 會 an opportunity.
機 密 secretly ； with discretion ； a secret motive.
'hi 議 to ridicule.
議 ，肖 to ridicule.
cki 機 famine ； stan'ation.
鐵 寒 hunger and cold.
ehi 寄 to send,
寄信 to send letters ； to send messages.
chi 寄信館 a post-office.
寄信旗 signalling flags ； code signals.
寄賣 to commission one to sell ； to make a con-
si.Li'iiment of goods.
寄帶 to forward (as in a letter).
寄 頓 to send for storage.
chi 濟 sufcour ； assistance.
chi 積 to collect.
積 年 for many years.
積 久 for ； I long time.
積勞 to amass hibour ； accumulation of toilsome
work.
積 勞成疾 to fall sick from overwork.
積 德累仁 to accumulate merit and humanity.
dd 績 merit ； business.
chi 廣 （or 齎） to give ； to send.
聲回 to send back.
chi 及 to extend to ； to concern ； and ； or.
chi 汲 to dniw forth (as water out of a well).
汲 水 to draw water.
chi 級 u step ； a degree.
chi 基 foundation ； base,
基 業 family estates ； property inherited ； a patri-
mony.
基 羅 (ill imitation of the sound "kilo.") a kilo-
gram.
chi 亟 haste ； prompt ； urgent.
亟 速 urgently.
chi 極 extremely ； the utmost point ； a limit.
極 美 most excellent.
極 妙 most admirable.
極 力 to the utmost of one's strength.
極 欲 to desire very much.
極 爲明悉 I to be extremely clear; to be very
極 爲明晰 i explicit.
chi 妓 a prostitute.
chi 擊 to strike.
擊殺 to strike to death ； to kill with blows.
chi 整 to bind; to connect.
chi 訖 to finish ； to clear off (as an account) ； after a
verb it often has the force of a sign of the past ；
also used for 造 (hsi ), till.
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'■hi
'■III
■ to detain ； to deUiy.
I'hi
卽 then ； thereupon ； marks sequence, and is there-
fore used in intrnduciug the apoclosis after the
protasis in a conditional, temporal, etc., clause ；
if it rains, [then] he goes ； when it rained,
he went. In either sentence chi may
appear in the place of the English the". Bat this
particle is also used after single nouns aud single
verb.s, as if we were to say : rain, then he goes ；
nun lulling, then he goes ； e.g., nioi-f'ieh chi
(孝占 貝占 倉口 扯) " pasting on then it is torn off,"
which means " pi ;i cards will be removed," an in-
^^criptiou often seen on the walls at street corners.
The following particles are similarly used : fsc
(則 )' (再 )， f("''J 丄方 )， Pi"^ (便 ), j^»'J ( f/} ).
ch—'L: (標 ). and (就 )； the last word is collo-
quial.
卽 係 tliat is ； i.e.; that means ； namely; is equal to.
forthwith ； at once (denoting immecliate-
日 （| ness of action).
稽 to examine into ； to delay.
禾§ 察 to ex ii mine.
稽査 弁兵勇 丁數目 to muster officers and
luivates ； a general muster.
稽考 to examine ； to inquire into.
稽延
稽 特）
激 to set back (as by water).
激 刷 to "vvash away.
跡 traces ； definite grounds for.
急 hurried ； anxious ； urgent.
急 需 necessary.
急叩 伏乞 to urgently request ； to pray for.
急 切 exaggeration.
籍 to be registered as a native of ； lists ； books.
籍 賞 the origin (or parentage) iiud birthplace of
a person.
集 to collect ； to assemble.
集衆 a multitude.
集會 to assemble.
集資 to collect money (as capital for trade in a
Lompany).
集 腋 to collect small bits of fur [aud thus make
:i, coat] ； to make use of many trities in order
to obtain great results; " every little helps;" cf.
the Scotch phrase " mony a little iimk's a
muckle."
吉 happy ； lucky.
吉 席 the happy mat;" wedlock ； marriage.
吉 M I wish you good luck (a concluding phrase in
letters).
chi 疾 .sickness.
疾 病 disease ； sickness.
巳 self; oneself ； one's own.
已 見 one's own view.
chi 紀 to write down ； to record.
Ijfi 錄 t<J record.
紀 錄十次 recorded ten times for merit at the
Board of Civil Office.
紀 事 to record, or make a note of, facts.
chi f£ to remember ； to record ； a mark ； a sign ； a seal
(of ； I private person or ； i petty official) ； a chop.
i£ 淸 to distinctly remember ； to recollect.
言 事 簿 a log-book.
5 已 功 to record merit.
記張 to put down to one's account.
g 已 名 to make a list of names.
記載 to place ou record.
IE 號 a trade mark ； u mark on packages of mer-
chandise.
chi 紛 to give ； to grant ； to address to (as a despatch).
給 照 to grant a certificate.
給護 （= 紛發護 照〉 to grant a passport.
紛票 to issue a chop or certificate.
給單 to issue a certificate, bill, memo., etc.
給 假 to grant leave of absence.
給假 日 a holiday ； holidays.
給 發 to issue.
紛 頜 to issue (as a document).
給 還 to hand back ； to retiu'a.
給與 to issue ； to grant.
. 給予 to give ； to grant.
紛以 存票 to grant drawback.
給以 免單 to grant an exemption certificate.
給事中 a supervising censor.
chi 際 a. time ； a juncture ； an occasion ； at the time
when ； on the occasion of; while.
chi 冀 to hope.
chi 針 to calculate ； calculated to make ； calculated at ；
to take into account ； contrivaaces ； tricks.
Ft 核 to calculate.
計 算 to calculate ； to count.
言 t 量 to calculate and measure ； to measure.
It n 鎮 禾斗 # to calculate the tonnage dues from
the tonnage.
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/■( 問 niiiiii'lv ； to wit (before an enumeration ot
It 本 ropresentin^' capital, or an investment.
St 抄 單查件 ">py of one document is annexed
heroto.
計 fonviUiloil herewith (as an amount of money,
etc., with a tlespatvh).
•■hi 季 i\ season of three months ； a quarter.
6£ after ； if ； lis soon as ； since ； a sign of the past
旣 然 since.
旣 經 from the time that ； since has, having,
vW. ; I'rom the time that shall have, i.e., as
sdon as
it M used up.
fi to;:t'ther with ； at the same time ； us well,
to covet.
鋭親 to wish for ardently ； to covet profit.
•hi 棘 thorny ； prompt.
棘手 difficulty ； hard to manage.
''hi 繼 to connect; to follow.
m 又" it follows that also."
rh'i 妻 a wife.
妻 子 wife, or wives, and children.
fhH 懂 pain ； j^ricf.
懷 慘 sorrowful ； melancholy ； sad.
•'hH 接 u tlwelling-place.
模止 to stop ； to rest.
'hH 奇 strange ； rare things ； curiosities.
t'hH 騎 t'、 ride a horse.
騎都尉 a Ch'i-tu-wei， of the 7th degree of here-
ditary nobility.
fhH 七 {or 1^) f^even.
七 二番銀 〃 '-， a -seven [mace] two [candareen]
tbreifcn silver [coin] ； a Mexican dollar, of which
100 iire equnl to 72 tiiels.
七星碟 P!igotla Rock (Pagoda Anchorage, Foo-
ch"\v).
七里礁 Min Keef, near Foochow.
祈 to state one's case to a god ； to pray ； to request.
浙 訓 IK 莲 to solicit instructions to be re-
sjifi-t fully obeyed, i.e., " for one's guidance."
祈 賜 to ask for the giving of ； to beg for a gift.
*"hH 戚 sorry ； relatives.
戚 屬 relatives.
漆 paints ； varnish ； crude lacquer.
漆 器 laccjuenvare.
chH 漆 綠 ^reen paint.
ch'i it of it ； he, she, it ； his, its, etc. ； the ； a;? to the
其 中 in this ； therein.
其 内 therein ； in it.
其 間 amongst them.
其 餘 the remainder ； the remaining.
其 實 the truth of it ； the matter of fact.
其 次 the following ； the next.
其權 属在該 ii, the authority or power to do
.so rt'sts with the said Custom House.
其外 另 有他商 besides him there are other
ineruhauts.
ch'i 期 ； I limit of time ； a fixed period ； to expect ； to
hope for,
期候 a limit of time ； time.
期满； I term expires.
期 頸 very old age ； a centenarian.
期望 to look forward ； to expect.
ch'i 腐 fortunate ； lucky.
ckH (or 旅） a flag.
旗、 用羽布 bunting.
旗 號 a signal flag; a distinguishing flag (as the
iwtional ensign).
旗 織 flags and pennants.
旗杆； I flagstoff.
ch(i 欺 to deceive.
欺 QJfc to be Mse to ； to belie.
欺 凌 to insult.
欺侮 to deceive ； to insult. '
欺驢 to belie one ； to delude ； to cheat.
ch'i 契 a bond ； an agreement. ,
c7i(i 乞 to beg ； to request.
乞 恩 to request favour ； to ask as a favour.
ck% (or 悔) an unauthoiised character used for
Asi f " steam," or shui-chH 水 氣.
螺 a steam fog horn.
chH 氣 vapour ； air ； breath.
氣 塞 the stopping of the breath.
chH 起 to start from ； to commence ； to raise ； to land ；
to discharge (as cargo),
起 盖 to commence building.
起行 to start (as on a journey).
起 程 to .start on a journey.
起造 to commence making or building.
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起 算 to commence reckoning (as from a given
Time).
起 §S 嫁 to lift anchors ； to clear chain.
起見 to conceive the idea of; the motive of.
起色 ：i rise ； an improvement (as in one's pro-
起 an
起 卸貨物
■ to land or discharge goods.
教 啓) to begin ； to inform ； a notice.
敏 知 to inform.
啟者 a communication ； an opening phrase in
letters ： " you are hereby informed that ；" "I beg
to inform you."
散程 to start on a journey.
秦 to throw away,
秦廢 to waste by throwing away.
chH
ch'i
chia
隙 a gap ； an interval.
器 utensils ； goods ； ware.
器 具 utensils ； i'lirniture.
器 械 weapons ； anus.
器 皿 liuusehold utensils, as dishes, cups, etc.
夾 double ； the lining of clothes.
夾帶 to carry secretly ； to smuggle.
起載 ti) land goods.
夾 雜 to mix ； to confuse.
起出 to unload goods.
夾 板艄隻 sailing vessels.
起 岸 to land goods ； " to be landed.''
chia
家 a family ； one's home.
起 貨 [准] 單 a permit to land.
家 書 家 信) a home letter.
起 淸 completely discharged (as a cargo).
家 中 in my family ； at home.
'h'i
齊 ciiiiipletely ； all.
家 產 family property.
齊集 to assemble completely ； to have a success-
家主 the heiid of a household.
ful, ur complete, meeting ； a quorum.
家 眷 one's family ； relatives and iiieii 山 ers ot a
齊 3g well arranged ； m order.
household.
齊 全 complete ； in order.
豕 /禹 one s lainuy or houseuolu.
齊楚 to ； uTange well ； to systematise.
豕 乂 my father.
■•h'i
豈 liow ？ not.
豕 至 husbantl ana wiie.
豈 敢 how could I dare 1 i.e., I coukl not dare.
家 了 domestic servants.
• k'i
■ ^口 ， ,
$3 to arrest ； to seize.
tor domestic us6.
$S 私 to seize smuggled goods.
綠盜 to capture ;i thief.
CflliCl
1 家 household furniture.
耳 彌 to arrest.
ntfC fnvnitnrp * utensils.
辑 猿 to seize (as thieves, or smuggled goods).
chia
嫁 to marry (said of the bride).
戴 to lay aside (as arms in time of peace).
chia
稼 to sow grain ； farming ； cereals.
''h'i
詰 to investigate ； to ask with authority.
chia
加 to add to ； to grant.
詰問 to cross-examine.
加 增 to add ； to increase.
'•h'i
誉 old ； elders ； seniors.
加 减 to increase aucl cUminish ； to ductuute.
着老 an elder ； elders.
力口 倍 to add ； to double.
rh'i
拔 skill.
力口 封 to enclose in an official (sealed) envelope.
拔 能 talent; ability.
力 [I 盖印信 to affix a seal.
技 藝 professional competency.
加 恩 to confer favour.
歧 diverging ； discrepancy.
加 工 extra work.
歧 異 difference ； divergence.
加意 to take special care.
加 水 to charge a discount on coin or bullion on
account of difference in the value of sycee. Cf.
n-ai 紋 水.
加 稅 to charge additional duty.
加 f 向 to increase a tax.
加 蘭 to give additional orders ； to specially enjoin
upon.
加 官 to rise in office.
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rhi
1*1"， 加！! i t ' iiuTOitse in rank.
如三极 lo-.inted three steps of merit.
加 刑 to intlit't punishment.
加 觉 SI to iiiHict a heuvy punishment ； to
如 沙 〔 = 装 '"usllns.
Dm the can^rue worn by criminals.
彻 號 tlio sentence written oh the Ciingue.
%i 赍 the punishment of wearing the cangiie.
装 irl'iTsoiUini; the sound la in Sanskrit kashaya,
from which the modern term for " cambrics " (lea-
sha-pif) is derived.
裝 IS 布 cambrics; muslins.
駕 i\ chiiriot ； he who sits in a cliariot ； hence, as
•• li tonn of respect, "you"; to sit (as in a carriage).
M 験 to sail.
臨 your arrival.
架 ：i frame ； a scaffolding.
嘉 excellent.
嘉 意 an excellent idea ； your valuable opinion.
假 false ； imitated ； leave of absence ； if; supposing.
假造 to counterfeit.
假報 to make a false report ； to fraudulently
report.
假 參 imitation ginseng,
假 金 錢 imitation gold thread.
iJ3 錢 imitation silver thread.
假珊湖 fiilse corals.
假珍珠 fal^^e pearls.
假 單 a false document (as a " false manifest ").
IK 道 the indirect road; making a detour for some
reason or other.
假借 to be the wrong one ； to be a substitute (and
not the proper person) ； to personate a not Her ； to
borrow on false grounds (.is a certificate made
out in the name of another).
假 冒借名 to personate another.
假若 1
假 如 ； if; supposing.
假使
假 手於入 to commit to a person's care.
甲 a ward, or beat, for keeping watch over a sub-
division of the community ； the first of the " ten
stem:' characters, hence the first ； the finger nails.
甲長 a villac^e elder ； the head constable of a ward.
甲 乙 the one and the other ； so and so; first and
second.
chHa
chiamj
value ； price.
. Customs liarriers.
chi" 佳 excellent; superior.
佳 節 holidays ； a festival.
佳 妙 excellent ； clever work.
佳 官 good newH.
chi" 價 price ； value.
價 式 the standard value of an article.
價低減 the price is falliug ； to deteriorate ia
v;ilue.
價値
價錢'
價 銀 price ； proceeds of sale.
卡 a 1 larrier. Also read Ua.
卡隘
卡子
恰 filly ； properly.
恰 克 圖 ri^'"c- Kiakhta.
a river ； abbreviated name of the provinces of
Kiangnan (江 南) or Kiangsu (江 ||).
江 7jC river water.
^ 漲 the liver overflowing.
i 工南岸 the southern shore of the river.
Jl 南 C vhiaiKj-nan ) the province of Kiangnan,
ens is ting of the two provinces of Anhwei and
Kiangsu, each under a Governor, the two being
under the control of the Governor- General of
Ki:in;j;iian.
；工 南 海 關 I' ,
、yT ,ir, BB I the Customs oi Kianguau ； the
•1 [丄 m 'tU m 「 Shanghai Custom House.
}I 海 關 j
•pC 漢 闘 the Hankow Customs.
•i 工 蘇 the province of Kiangsu.
西 the province of Kiangsi.
窗 the city of Chiang-ning-fu, commonly l alled
Nanking.
=ff 甯 定 約 the Treaty of Naiiking.
江平銀 common sycee, at Ningpo ； the Ningpo
local tael, 1.0583 of which make i Haikwan tael.
chiaiKj 將 to take ； places the words between thi.s char-
acter and the principal verb of the yentence in the
accusative case ； before a verb, a sij^ii of the
future : " about to."
將 到 about to arrive.
將 開船時 刻 the time when a ship will start ；
the hour appointed for a ship's departure.
將 次 之 日 when the" day for has nearly
arrived ； about the time of
將 來 aftenvarcls.
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chiamj 將 軍 a Tartar General ； also a militavy ( Jovernor
in Manchuria, Mongolia, or TurUi'stun. The
Tartar General of Foochow is cx officio Superin-
tendent of Customs at the Treaty Ports in Fukien
(Foochow, Auioy, Takow, and Tamsui), and one of
his adjutants, generally with the rank of a Hsieh-
chcHj is deputed Ijy him to act us Superintendent
:it each of the several Custom Houses.
將軍憲 His Excellency the Tartar General.
rkianij 獎 to encourage.
獎 羅 to encourage by praise.
獎賞 to encourage by rewartls.
chvtitg 譽 )
■ttff 、 rJt (" soy ； hean sauce.
醫 m )
chumfj 薑 (or 薆） ginger.
蓄 黃 turmeric.
'Mamj 僵 a 1 .oundary.
摄界 a boundary.
'■kiang 講 to converse ； to expound (as the Classics).
講 官 an Imperial expositor of the Classics.
講 究 fastidious.
講 禾 n to mediate,
I'hiang o harbour ； an anchorage.
港 n ports ； harbours.
港內 in port.
>-hian(/ 匠 a mechanic.
匠人 ii workman ； ;i mauufacturer (as a watch-
makei', etc.).
''hiaiKj 降 to descend ； to come from above.
降級 to degrade in rank,
降旨 to have received an Imperial edict ； an edict
has been issued.
降臨 to condescend.
降 香 laka-wood.
'■Iriany 搶 to take by force ； to rush against ； to rob ； to
plunder.
搶奪 to plunder.
'•liHa/ng 槍 (used for chHaiig a musket; a lance ； a spear,
槍 子 cartridges.
chSang 餘 (also 槍) a spear ； a musket ； firearms ； rifles.
it" 藥 gunpowder.
''kHantj 笼 elegant ； used for 薹 or 萎 (chutng), ginger.
'-hHang 强 to force.
强 輸官稅 to be forced to pay Government
duties in a certain coin ； to be obligatory as a
legal tender in payment of duties.
ch'iantj 强 制 to enforce a rule ； to force a rule upon.
551 fa to violently a.sk for.
强辯 a one-sided view ； an tx parte argument.
强 盜 1 蓮 litti.
' /"("' 父 to {^ivG ； to hand ； intercourse ； intimacy ； coq-
teniunous ； just at the time of.
^ ifi^ to i)jiy (lis duties).
交 付 to give to ； to hand over to.
交回 to haml back.
交 (M to pay the price of a purchase.
3C 印 to hand over seals, as to a successor in office.
交 客 to deliver to the inercliant (； is j^oocls to a
' imrchaser).
交淸 to pay an amount in full.
交好 to be on terms of friendship with.
交 易 barter; trade.
交涉 to be connected with ； relating to.
交 碍 to interfere with each other.
交界 a frontier.
交夏後 just after the summer.
chiao 校 to compare.
校閱 to compare ； to examine (a.s the courts of
two countries examine the credentials of each
other' jj envoys).
Mao 狡 artful ; crafty. .
狡 滑 cunning.
chiao 较 to strangle.
罪 the punishment of strangulation.
絞 溢 to strangle oneself.
絞監候 to await death hy strangulation in prison.
chiao 較 to compare; rather more than ； than (comparative).
軟 重 to be comparatively heavy ； too heavy la
comparison with.
較 多 rather much ； inr.re than.
較 多幾至 一 7C 有半 an overplus of up to
Si^ :i,u';iinst (the ubject compared preceding
with ija 與).
較 少 rather little ； less than usual,
較 對 to compare.
較免 to tally ； to agree (as the H;i lance of a set
of scales).
較 i!p to adjust ； properly adjiiste'l.
較準 5 去碼 standard weights.
chiao 焦 burned ； scorched.
焦 炭 coke.
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ch"、o
4hiao
chiao
chiao
chiao
chiao
ehiao
chiao
chito
chiao
, rock ； rocks.
chiao
脚
脚
脚
chiao
m
m
繳
繊
總
m
chiao
覺
ch'iao
橋
巧
m
應石
fiK f5 to j^und (as a vessel) ； to touch a rock.
蒋 plantains.
接 i\ se<lun chair.
IS
接 confused.
描 confusion ； a muddle.
椒 peppor.
^ to teach ； instruction.
教士 a teiiuher ； ii teacher of religion ； u missionary.
教練 t" drill troops.
敎 育 to supply spiritual :md bodily food.
]_ 角 a horn ； lioriis ； a pointed corner ； the end of a
/ rock, spit, etc.
角 器 horn ware.
勤 to attack ； to destroy and scatter the force of an,
enemy.
Hjj 賊 to destroy rebels.
勸捕 t" make a clean sweep (as of a band of
I'anditti).
Ic}^ ； workmen ； labourers ； porters.
；■ coolie hire (for goods carried).
ch'iao
chkh
chith
chich
over ； to pay.
pay into court (as a fine).
to deliver (a document) for cancelling.
See ch'iio.
巧 妙 ingenious ； clever.
接 to prise ； to force with a lever.
接 P3 to prise a door.
街 a street.
街 道 public roads.
街 市 the market ； on the market.
皆 all ； giving a preceding noun plural force.
竭 to exhaust ； to try the utmost.
竭力 to exert one's strength ； to do one's utmost.
竭盡 to the utmost.
chuh 結 a knot ； a tic ； to tie; to close ； to give :i bond
for ； to "'u-u'antee ； a bond ； to end ； a fixed period
or term for settling accounts ； a Customs f financial)
quarter of three months ； fixed ； firm.
結案 to dose a case (of law, etc.).
結 賜 to close an account.
結 實 dumble; secure ； material.
結 實信據 a material guamntee.
結 底 at the end of the quarter.
chick 節 a period of time ； a feast day ； a section in a
composition ； the paragraphs of an account ； a
statement ； an article, a paragraph (in a- set of
regulations) ； also, the rules contained therein ； to
;il>ridge.
節期； i festival ； a periodical feast day ； a holitlay.
節： §• —紙 ：i statement of particulars.
ckivh 接 to receive ； to connect ； couti.triunis ； t" l)e t-on-
nected with ； to bound ou.
接來 j
接 准 ！ to receive.
接
接 得 to have received.
接 領 to receive ； to take over ； to take cluu-ge of.
接難 to receive goods for sliipment (iis a shipping
broker).
接 辦 to take over charge of an office ； to take in
hand the management of.
接 印 to take over the seal of office.
接連 to connect ； joined.
接 續 to connect; in continuation of: supplementary.
接 懸 to suspend one above the other, in a con-
tiguous line.
chieh 捷 to overcome ； prompt ； quick.
i4 報 a quick message ； an express.
chich 潔 pure ； clear ； clean.
潔 淨 pure and clean.
chieh 去!] to rob ； to take by force.
却 槍 to rob ； highway robbers.
却 奪 to rob ； to plunder.
却 盜 robbers.
chuh 截 to cut oft'; to cut asunder ； exactly (as applied
to a limit of time).
截 而爲粱 t(j cut into beams.
chieh 解 to forward ； to explain ； to uudersttmd.
解交 to hand over to; to send to (as a destitute to
his authorities).
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chuh
chick
ch'ieh
chich
chick
chich
chieh
chick
解省 to send to the provincial capital.
解釋 to explain ； to interpret.
解 法 ineauiDg; explanation.
介 a guest ； respectful.
介 意 careful ； attentive.
界 a limit ； a boundary.
界 址 boundaries.
界 限 a limit.
戒 to ward off; to discontinue ； to wean.
戒酒 to leave off drinking wine.
戒 烟 to leave off smoking opium.
戒 險 螺 a fog horn.
誠 to enjoin ； orders.
借 to lend ； to borrow ； to make a pretext of.
借 用 to liorrow for use.
借 貨 to borrow ； a loan.
借 詞 to make a pretext of sophistical argument 、义
借 名 to pretend ； to make a pretext of; to use
another's name or card.
借 端滋弊 to make a pretext of a matter for
creating trouble.
借塾 to advance money ； a deed ； a proof.
藉 to avail oneself of; to make a pretext of.
藉 口 to make a pretext of; under the pretext.
藉生 口舌 to make use of a matter as a pretext
to (.-reate altercations or quarrels.
藉 稱 to allege.
藉圖 to make use of an opportunity for illegal
plots ； to seize an occasion for plotting.
藉 邀 to avail oneself of an invitation.
藉脸 to avail oneself of listening to ； to listen to
(a 51 to the conversation of one's host).
藉足 by means of which ； the availing oneself
[of which] is apt to.
藉 以均濟 to help in effecting equal succour.
屆 a limit ； a set time ； " the time has come for " or
" this is the time of."
屆 滿 to complete (as a term).
屆 期 on the day fixed ； punctually.
屆 時 at the time fixed for.
切 urgent ； very ； to cut.
切 實 true and sincere ； trastworthy ; most accurate.
切 要 veiy important.
切赴 to go quickly ； " an urgent letter ；" " imme-
diate."
chHch
chHeh 切 切 very urgent ； very important.
切切上 an lu'i^ent petition (concluding phrase
in petitions).
切不可 cimnot under any circumstances ； cannot
at all.
切 勿 not by any iiieims.
切 7K 面 at the water-line.
竊 ('"' 窃) Ji thief ； a term of modesty denoting the
writer of a. document addressed to a superior, as
"my humble self" ； it is frequently followed by
tlie personal name (min(j) of the petitioner, or by
some other term of modesty, written in siniiUer
ch;ir;icters.
竊 職 as :t term of modesty, " 1，" if the speaker
be :in official of any grade, even though he may
liold his rank t)y })uvchase. Non-()tlici;il writers
will .say 竊 身. Merchants .say 竊商； a woman
of low rank says, 竊 氏； the wife of an official,
竊 職婦： a common man of tho people, 竊 小
的， etc. Wlien nddre.ssing tho Kinperor, Mims-
ters of Chinese paventaoc say 竊 臣， whereas
]\T;hic1iu Ministers say 竊 奴 才.
竊職商 we (being ii body consisting of persons
ol" official rank and nierchants).
竊査 it is my humble opinion that.
竊 念 I respectfully think or thought.
竊 niy humble .self learns ； I respectfully beg to
refer to
竊 盜 to steal ； a thief.
且 moreover; and ； also ； (= 然 jan) gives an
iidjective adverbiiil force.
1} 戔 note paper ruled, or containing ornamental de-
signs or water iiuivks ； a note ； a document.
錢 comfits ； salted provisions.
賤 cheap ； low; of little value.
建 to establish ； to construct ； to Ijuilcl.
建 築 to kiild.
建 造塔镫 to build lighthouses.
建立 to establish. .
建修費 expenditure on account, of construction
:uni purchuse (建) and inainteuance in repair
(修 )•—
建 (= 福建) the province of Fukien.
chien 健 誦 s; robust.
健 壯 robust ； strong ； able-bodied.
chim 間 to separate ； an interval; in the place of; at the
time of ； e.g., 夜 間 at night-time.
chien 簡 to abridge ； to make short ； to select.
簡：^ a rcsnm^.
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chien
chien
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chien
chicn
chicn\
chien 筋碟" ineiiiomndum.
簡 ijl AwTi ； concise,
m m to try by experiment.
IK [札 un official document,
油 便 convenient ； clean ； plain.
12 任 to choose for u post
簡缺 a post of little work ； an easy post, said of
raaj,'Utracies as opposed to important offices of the
same class,
chicn 滅 to decrease ； to diminish.
滅稅 to reduce the duty.
滅少 to diiiiinish.
m ^ to reduce to one-half.
滅 J$ to diminish the per-centage or the rate of.
滅色 to decrease in (quality ； to deteriorate.
滅價： t cheap price ； a reduced price.
i& (5t, 絵， 。1' B) soap-
奠 scissors ； to cut with scissors.
贫 親 velvet (both of silk and cotton).
第 裁 to cut out ； to plan ； to arrange.
堅 stable ； immovable.
堅 固 ilurable ； tinii.
堅意 a tinn intention.
堅欲 t'> iiniuovably wish ； to persevere in wishing.
堅 執 nl.stinate; to obstinately maintain.
ckicii 尖 pointed
尖 圓 conical.
尖 [HI 式 conical ； shaped.
尖石； I pinnacle rock.
尖 ( = 錢？) locally (at Amoy), a cent ； , dollar.
chuni 奸 villainou.s.
奸 1^ fraudulent; deceitful.
奸 巧 eiinuing; villainous.
奸拐 to deceive and kidnap.
奸 商 corrupt merchants ； dishonest traders.
chien 渐 ； Tu'hially ； liy degrees.
渐 明漸滅 lighting up gradually and eclipsing
<ir;ithuiliy (said of a navigation light) ； revolving.
漸 長暗沙 a shoal gradually forming.
chim 兼 to connect ； and ； also; together with.
兼轄 t<> have joint charge of several offices.
(him 敏 insufficient (aa a crop).
chien
chien
chien
a prison.
chien 歉 簿 insufficient and short of the full amount (as
chien 艱 dlrticult.
艱 難 difficulty.
chim 監 to superintend ； to inspect ； a jail ； a prison.
監理 to superintend.
監察 to inspect ； to examine.
監視 to personally superintend.
監同 to take part in the superintendence of.
監督 to superintend ； the Superintendent (of
Customs).
監 m
監牢!
chim 璧 a minror ； to survey ； to view; to examine; to
trace a matter to its source,
髮核 to examine for approval.
鑒 核賜. 敎爲禱 I shall be thankful if you
will consider the matter and let me know your
opinion,
chien 鎮 to engrave.
驟 亥！) to engrave (as a block for printing).
chien 儉 moderate ； saving ； economical.
儉 節 economical.
chien 檢 to restrict ； to bind.
檢 朿 to bind.
chim 檢 to examine ； to arrange ； to collate.
檢 査 to examine ； to look up the records.
檢 閱 to examine.
chicn 蔵
蘭 穀 pierced cocoons.
藤 鍋 Shantung silk piece goods ； silk pongees.
據 to choose ； to select.
操選 to select.
操 3^ to sort ； to clarify.
據出 to select from ； to pick out.
諫 to remonstrate ； to censure.
見 to see ； to be of opinion ； to maintain ； the view
one takes of a matter ； sometimes a sign of the
passive ； c.(/., 見 逢， to be cured, to recover ； 見
復， to be replied to， to receive a reply; 見 示， to
be instructed ； 見允， to be permitted ； 見 殺，
to be killed.
見召 to be called ； to be invited,
見更改 to be altered.
見 商於有 約各國 to be considered by the
Treaty Powers.
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r/""t 見 IjPi to be trusted ； to be excused ； excuse me.
見長 to make progress.
見 面 an interview ； to interview.
見 識 knowledge ； experience.
見有 to see that there is ； to discover.
見證 ：i witness.
(7"t" 件 ； I package ； packages ； a classifier of documents
and of 案 (an), cases. '
件 數 the number of packages.
件 色 number of packages and description of goods.
Men 薦 1
^ > to recommend.
)
chHm 铃 an official stamp.
铃 蓋關防 to affix one's seal.
chHcn ^ the Kweicliow province.
chHcn 牵 to connect ； to drag ； to implicate.
牵涉 to be implicated in.
牽混 to create confusion.
chHiM 遷 to remove ； to shift ； to alter.
遷移 to move away ； to change one's residence.
chHm ^ all ； unaniuioufdy.
chH-cii 簽 to draw a lot ； to fmbscribe ； to sign one's name.
簽 掣 to select by lot.
簽名 to sign by writing one's name.
簽 押 to affix one's signature.
chHen 您 fault ； crime ； failure ； to fail ； to miss.
chHm 謙 respectful ； humble.
ck'tm 千 thousand.
千里鏡 telescopes.
ch'icn 杆 (or |g) to graft into ； to put in.
汗 子 an iron rod ending in a spoon bowl with a
.sharp point, used by tidewaiters for thrusting into
packages wlien examining goods.
汗子手 I
扦手 '
ch'im 紛 lead.
塊 lead, in pigs.
鈴 片 lead, in sheets.
|& 粉 white lead ； ceruse.
紛 筆 a lead pencil.
ckHcn 淺 (the opposite of 滿. ）"""， full) not full ; empty
(as a ship in ballast) ； shallow ； also faint, said of
colours.
■ bank notes.
, tidewaiter.
cA(ic?i< 淺 水 .sliallow witter ； a shoal.
淺沙灘 ：i bar (as the Woosung Bar).
cA'i'en 錢 a mace (the loth part of a tael) ； copper cash.
錢 文 money ； cash.
錢 局 a mint.
錢鈔' I
錢， I .
錢 貨 copper cash (as cargo).
錢莊 ：i casli shop ； ti iiioney-chap tier's.
錢粮 money and grain ； rations.
ch^'i^n 前 Vt'ore; to advance ； the before-mentioned.
前 因 the iifore-mentioned.
前 項 of the afore-mentioned description ； the
bci'ore-mentioned.
前 糧 the forestay of a ship.
前次。 n a former occasion ； on former occasions.
前 日 the other day ； on a former day.
前 稅 the duty [paid] previously.
前稅司 the former Commissioner of Customs.
前 年 the year before last.
前面 in the front of.
前 後 before and after ； nearly ； about ； in front
and behind.
前 途 on the road ； ahead on one's road.
前 輩 former generations ； seniors ； predecessors.
前 赴 to proceed to,
前 來 to have come forward ； to have come to hand
(as a despatch, a report, etc.). These two words
frequently follow the mention of a document
received or its tenor.
ch'im 潜 to abscond.
chHen 乾 heaven ； the north-west. -
乾 隆 the Emperor Kien Lung.
chHen 虔 sincere ； respectful.
虔 誠 respectful ； reverential.
ckHen 遣 to send.
遣 員代往 to send an officer on one's behalf; to
be represented by deputy.
遣丁 to send servants.
遣派 to send for business (as workmen).
chHm 欠 to owe money ； to be in urrear; to be short of;
to deduct ； less.
欠債 to be in debt,
欠主 a debtor.
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cA'iffH 欠堪 ：i promissory note; a debit note.
欠 铁 -ifbte.
rA'wA 荐 (used for chun 蕭) to set forth ； to bring to the
front (as a meritorious official for proiuotion).
(kih 知 to know; to inform ； to be known-
t be thoroughly aware of.
) take notice of.
I in form.
知 悉 t
知 m t
知 照/
知苗、
知 情 to be aware of the circmiisUinces.
知 府 a prefect.
知縣 ：i district magistrate.
知道了 "I know it"; the formula used by the
Emperor to show that he has Uiken note of the
contents of ii ilocuiiient submitted to him.
ckih 智 wise ； wisdom; ability.
chih 之 ori<,nnally a personal pronoun : he, him, it, etc.;
masks the genitive case, which is otherwise ex-
pressed by antepDsition ； after a verb or a verbal
expression it may impart to the verb the force of
a passive participle ； corresponds to ti (的) of
the colloquial language. The relation of grani-
maticiil depeudenue which in Western languages
is often expre.-^sed by placing the noun upon
which something else depends in the genitive case
is in Chinese expressed by anteposition. This
" something else" depending upon a noim may
be another noun, or a verb, or even a complete
sentence; "j" ；^' 關- 監 ； 督 〜― W"i々"， the
Superintendent-s, of 'ko-=kaaa, all the Custom
Houses; 存， 留： 餘 3 ^\~hfii-'yin, the balance,
OF Hs^un-Hiu, keeping ； i.e., the balance which is
or has been kept. This shows how in Chinese the
j^eiiitive of a verb or of a complete sentence may
come to have the force of a relative clause. In
either case the force of anteposition may be
increased by iidding the character 之 (chih); e.g.,
各關 之監督 ^o-hian chih chim-fu, " the
Superintemleiits of Customs," or 存留 之 餘銀，
tsUai-liu chih y'd-yin^ " the Ijahmce which is
kept." Such relative clauses, whether formed by
anteposition merely, or by anteposition with 之
( chih), may be further enforced by adding the re-
lative pronoun proper, 所 (so) ； "j" 所存 ^ 餘銀
so ts^un chih yil-yinj " the balance which is kept."
If this rflative clause has its own logical sub-
ject, the word denoting it stands before so; e.g.,
'銀' 號： 所 3 存 * 之 5 餘" 學', the
Ijjiliince, ^so ^chih (in connexion with anteposi-
tion), which, 'yin-^hao, the Bank, **fs(M?i， keeps or
kept : " the balance kept by the Bajik." (See
so 所 ■)
chih 芝 :i sort of grass.
芝 麻 sesamum seed.
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
芝麻油 sesaiuum seed oil.
旨 an Imperial rescript ； His Majesty's commands.
脂 "Tease; fat.
脂 粉 cosmetics.
措 ti> point out.
指揮 to give directions ； directions ； to point out.
指定 to point out ； to state clearly ； to destine for
(as a certificate for a certain vessel).
指名 to nominate.
措明 to point out, or to report, a person (as m
oftender) ； to mention ； to refer to ； to mark (as a
buoy marks a place).
指 謂 to point out.
指 證 to point out the evidence ； to conduct a
case on behalf of the prosecution.
指 薦 to point out and recommend ； to suggest a
numination.
指示 I
to point out ； to assign (as a berth to a ship).
指 引
指泊 A a berthing officer.
執 to grasp ； to hold ； to retain.
執照 a certificate ； a passport.
執據 a license (as a pilot's).
執 意 to stick to one's view ； a firm purpose.
執巳見 to stick to one's own view.
孰掌 to superintend.
教政 a Government official.
執 政大臣 INIinisters of State.
織 to weave.
織機 a loom.
職 to direct ； to manage ； " office," as opposed to rank
(p'iii 品) and official employ Qm ^); used for
" I " in connexion with an official title.
職 分 official rank.
職 銜 brevet rank.
職名 a visiting card.
職道 I， the Taot'd.
職 守 official guard ； to be on duty (as a guard).
識 to know. Cf. shih,
至 very; extremely ； to arrive at; to go to; to;
till ； up to ； as regards.
至 多 very many; very frequently ； at the most;
not more than.
至 少 the least : not less than.
至遲 at the latest ； not later than.
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i-hih
'■hih
chik
chih
chih
chik
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
至 便 most convenient.
至 意 to wish for ardently.
至 嘱至嘱 stringent injunctions ； be careful not
to overlook.
； regards the question of paying
至完稅 一節
duty.
至 於 with regard to.
致 to arrive at ； to reach to ； to address (as a letter) ；
so as to. The opposite of 不 致， "so as not to."
致有 so that there is ； so as to ； resulting in.
致千 so as to become guilty of.
致意 to convey one's desires ；
wish.
to express one's
室 to obstruct ； to hamper.
宣 碍 difficulty ； to hinder.
窒 碍之處 difficult points ； difficulties.
室 碍難行 difficult to be carried out
止 to stop ； ending ； only.
址 the limits of a lot of land.
nit happiness.
治 to heal ； to cure ； to regulate ； to govern ； the
jurisdiction of an officer ； " under your jurisdic-
tion ； " to punish.
治病 to cure a disease.
治國 to govern a country.
治辦 to put in order ； to deal with.
治 罪 to try and punish an oftender.
治理 to regulate ； to keep in order.
直 straight ； direct.
直線 a straight line.
直 紗 the horizontal threads of a texture ； the warp.
直 promptly.
直 識 the province of Chihli, lit., under direct
government.
直 綠 州 an inferior department subject to no
prefectural control, but under provincial govern-
ment ； the magistrate of such a department.
値 price ； value ； cost ； to buy ； to bear an expense.
値班 to take one's turn on duty.
値 事 the president of a society.
値百番 Si 五 to value at a hundred and levy five,
i.e., to charge a five per cent, ad valorem duty.
植 pUints ； trees.
置 to establish ； to fix; to place ； to arrange ； to
purchase.
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
chih
置 辦 to arrange ； to settle; to buy.
置 買 ti> l>„y.
置 用 to puivhase :iml usl- ； to buy for one's own
use.
挪 to throw down ； by way of civility, a person of
exalted rank, or the jierson addressed in a de-
spatch, not ot" rank inferior to that of the writer,
is requested to throw <lown " an object, in lieu
of "pi'e-sentin"' it by hand," the writer thereby
placing himself in the position of one not
wtn'thy to receive it direct from the hands of the
aiUlre:>see.
挪 ^ to give by throwing down, i.e., to favour one
with supplying; to be pleased to give.
挪下 to throw down ； to give to.
鄉回 to reject a petition.
® 還 to give back.
只 only.
只 可 one need only.
隻 single ； alone ； a classifier of boxes, ships, etc
隻身； I single body ； alone ； by oneself.
支 a twig ； a branch ； to pay ； to attend to ； to
nuiuage ； to pay out ； to rig out, the swinging-
boom of a ship ； ii classifier of tobacco-pipes, etc.
支發 to pay for; to defray.
支 款 payments ； credit ； Cr.
支 借各項 advances.
支 持 "f" twig-grasping, i.e., having to strive hard
in order to succeed.
支出 to rig out, as the swinging-boom or jib-boom
of a ship.
支吾 to make excuses.
枝 a branch ； to branch oft:
技 節 a flairs branching off; many .small troubles
arising out of one case ； one expense being followed
by many others.
肢 the limbs.
肢 體 tlie limbs and body.
敏 only ； but ； liowever.
腿 to respect ； respectfully ； as a conjunction, only,
but.
jfl5 遵 to respectfully obey ； for one's respectful
guidance.
離候 to respectfully await.
紙 paper ； a document ； a sheet ； classifier of docu-
ments and certificates.
紙 傘
紙 遮
； kittysols
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chih
cJiih
ch ill
chih
chih
chih
ch'ih
chHh
ch'ifi
chHh
rliHh
rhHh
chHh
chHh
紙 花 artilu-iul Huwers.
@ |Ml>er fans.
紙 ？ fi l>"P^r.
紙 笨璺 writing materials ； stationery.
質 to substiintiate ； proof; to pawn ； a pawnshop.
質對 to check ； to compare.
滞 to obstruct ； to hinder.
i^U 礙 to impede ； difficulty.
制 tm limit ； to make ； to regulate ； rules.
制 宜 tn do what is proper.
制 度 make rules ； direction ； management.
制 造 to make ； to create.
製 tu lujike.
製造 to make ； to mamifiicture.
志 will ； resolution.
志 意 will ； intention ； purpose.
誌 to record ； statistical or historical records ； the
official gazetteer of a province, prefecture, etc.
侈 extnivagant.
筋 to order ； to instruct.
©J 令 ti> order ； to instruct.
知 to iuforin subordinates.
筋屬 照 to instruct one's subordinates for
their •:ui<l:iiice.
筋賜 to order the bestowal of; to cause to be
筋撥 to have transferred (as moneys).
勒 Imperial orders.
吃 to stammer ； used for chHh 喫， to eat, to
卩契 to eat ； to swallow ； to bear.
喫 魁 to sufter a loss.
喫苦" ） sufter distress.
喫 烟 to smoke (tobacco or opium).
斥
斥逐
- to expel.
乐 革 to deprive of rank ； to dismiss ； to withdraw
the license of a pilot.
喊 a streamer ； a pennant.
赤 carnation colour ； naked.
i、 金
赤 糖 brown sugar.
赤沙澳 (ckHh-shct-ao) Breaker Point, near Swa-
tow.
chHh
chHh
chHh
chHh
ch'ih
chHh
chHh
ch'ih
ch'ih
chill
chin
chin
chin
chin
chin
持 to hold ； to grasp.
持 意 to hold to one's opinion.
持 赴 to proceed to ， holding, or with [a docu-
inenlj.
持 照 provided with a passport.
持 躬 to preserve one's integrity.
池 a tank ； a reservoir.
馳 speedily ； promptly ； to hasten ； to proceed to.
職赴 to proceed to.
遲 to delay.
遲 惧 delay ； to neglect.
遲留 to postpone ； to put oft:
遲延 to defer.
遲疑 to delay and doubt ； to raise obstructive
doubts.
齒 the teeth ； one's age.
a chHh ； the Chinese foot ( = 1 4 ^ inches, English).
尺 寸 feet and inches ； i.e., measiiremeut.
尺 SI 賓 a book containing forms for letters, etc.
翅 wings ； fins.
寧 to select ； to draw a lot.
Jj^ to be ashamed ； to be disgraced.
恥 辱 disgrace ； shame.
S5 笑 to get laughed at.
斤 ("r 励) a catty ； catties.
斤 兩 catties and taels ； i.e., weight.
近 near ； lately.
近 簡 it has lately been rumoured ； I hove recently
hear 1.1.
勁 strong ； violent.
筋 sinews.
今 now.
今 朝 the present dynasty.
今 年 this year.
金 gold.
金 銀 gold and silver ； bullion.
金銀珍 寶等器
金 銀首飾
金銀器 gold and silver ware.
金 葉 gold leaf.
金 gold leaf or foil ； tinsel.
金 線 gold thread.
金 礦 gold mines.
■ jewellery.
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<hiii 金 削 石 the diouioml,
金針菜 dried lily flowers.
金 利 源 (chin-li-yiian) the Kin-lee-yiien Whaif,
Go downs, etc., on the French Bund at Shanghai.
金陵 ( chin-ling ) book name of the city of
Nanking.
金門島 the island of Quemoy.
金牌門 the Kimpai Pass, near Foochow.
金 山 California.
■hill 禁 to restrict ； to prohibit ； restriction ； prohibition.
禁 制 prohibitory measures.
禁止 to prohibit.
禁 貨 contraband goods.
禁 止達越 to restrict evasion of the law.
''hin 巾 a napkin.
巾 帕 handkerchiefs.
(kin 僅 only ； barely.
僅 及一年 a year having scarcely elapsed.
，'/"n 謹 respectfully ； carefully.
謹 裏 respectfully petitioning, or a respectful
petition (concluding phrase in petitions),
謹呈 to state respectfully.
謹 慎 careful.
} 津 a ford; a ferry; (= 天 律) Tientsin.
津 海 關 the Tientsin Customs.
diin 盡 to exhaust ； all ； wholly.
盡 用 used by all ； in general use.
盡 善 in complete order.
盡 貴 to be equal to all one's responsibilities.
盡 述 to narrate the whole.
盡守 to closely observe.
盡 fj to exert one's strength ； to the best of one's
ability.
盡 >2» to exhaust one's heart ； to take the greatest
trouble about.
chin 蘯 faithful.
蒸臣 ji loyal, faithful officer.
':hiw 緊 important ； urgent; quickly.
緊 要 important.
緊 急 urgent ； pressing.
緊 妥 fast and tight (as a package is bound).
緊 密 secret.-
i'hin 錦 brocaded silk.
chin 普 to go to; to enter; to increase.
普省 to proceed to the provincial capital.
普 贈 to bestow increased rank,
c/tm 進 to enter ； to come in ； incomintf.
進 口 to enter port; to import ； import.
進口稅 import duties.
進 口貨單 an import manifest.
進 泊 to enter [a port] and anchor.
進 售內地 to import for sale in the interior.
進 院 to enter :i court-yard.
進 退維谷 whether 1 advance or retreat, there
is (littiuulty ； a dilemma.
進工 to join work ； to enter ou employment.
進 i the Chin-shik literary degree.
chin 浸 to soak (as in water).
chHn 親 u relative ； self, in person ； one's own.
一 親屬 relatives.
親王 an Imperial prince of tlie i.st onler.
親 自 oneself; in person.
親身 in person.
親 詣 to go in pei^on,
親視 to inspect in person.
親 筆 one's own signature ； to sign in person.
親手畫 }甲 to sign with one's own hand ； to
affix one's signature.
親 供 one's own deposit ； the protocol ol' wliat one
has said oneself.
親 兵 body-soldiers ； a body-guard.
ch'in 侵 to encroach.
chHii 寢 to sleep.
chHn 勤 diligent.
勤 工 to work diligently.
勤 ']'M L-areful.
勤 政 attentive to Government work.
ch'in 禽 birds.
chHti 擒 to seize ； to arrest.
擒 獲 to arrest.
擒拿 to seize ； to apprehend.
chHn 衾 bedding.
ch'iu 欽 Imperial ； ( = 欽 差) au Ambassador.
敛 差 sent by the Emperor ； au Imperial Ainbas-
sa<lor ； an Envoy.
欽命 by Imperial command.
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eh- in 欽 加 -mntotl by the Emperor.
效 iJfe *leputed by the Emperor.
效 賜 bestowed by the Emperor.
欽 此 " Tiu' above is Imperial " or "such is His
Maji-^ty s pleasure," :t concliuUn^' plniisc adtled. to
Imperittl edicts by the miuisters promulgating
them.
chxiuf 徑 a tliiuneter; n straij^ht line across ； a by-road ；
a short cut ； direct ； directly ； quickly.
徑人 to pass into.
rhiuff 徑 the warp of ii texture ； u de^ee of longitude ；
to cross ； to pass over; to pass; via; regular ；
standing ； a. classic ； classical books ； a canon ；
religions books ； Buddliist prayers ； to manage ；
places the verb in the perfect tense, in which
ciKse the verb may either follow this particle
iininediately, or be separated from it by several
characters representing other parts of the sentence.
經 絲 thrown silk.
經 度 l'>n;(itu(limil (U*;^rees ； luniritude.
經 库英國 中線東 longitude east of Green-
wich.
經 過 t" pa^s ； U) come across (en route).
經 措 子 a lumker's pass-book; a pass-book.
經過 之事 the events that have happened (such
； IS arc stated in a log-book).
經 費 standing expenditure ； office expenditure
(= Customs Account A).
經 書 the classical books.
經 筵 the HaU of Classics ； the hall where the
Emperor meets academicians.
經 筵講宫 an Imperial expositor of the Classics.
經 治 to manage.
經歴 a secretary.
經 手 a broker ； an agent ； to manage.
經 紀 an agent ； a consignee ； a broker.
經 祖帳房 a house agent ； a rent collector.
經 報 to have reported ； having reported.
cMiu(f 逕 to pass by ； straight ； directly.
逕 曲 straight and crooked.
逕啟者 I beg to inform you (an opening phrase
in letters).
cidng 靖 peaceful ； to establish, peace ； to triuiquillise.
rJ—f 精 神 healthy ； in good physical condition.
精 潔 clean ； pure.
精 詳謀國 to 0)6 ii clear-headed politician and
patriot.
精 明 clear-headed ； intelligent.
chinff 精 妙 admirable.
精 巧 clever.
chiiifj 京 the capital ； Peking.
京 師 the capital ； the residence.
京 都 the capital ； Peking, as the capital of Chimt
(al.-^o, tlie city of Kioto in Japan).
卞、 報 the " Peking Gazette."
京 官 metropolitan officers.
京堂； 1 director of a court in the Iiuperiul House-
hold.
ch"i(jf 景 view ； prospect ； scenery.
景泰藍 '* Ching-t'ai-lan," a celebrated mark tor
old copperware ； cloisonne of the Ching T*ai period
(A.D. 1450-57)*
chiuff 敬 respectful ； to venerate ； sedate.
敬啟者 I respectfully inform you (an introductory
phrase iu letters).
敬覆者 a respectful reply ； I beg to reply.
敬裏者 a respectful petition.
敬君 冑台安 with respectful kind inquiries (a con-
cliuliug phrase iu letters).
敬遵 to respectfully obey.
敬重 to respect ； to treat with consideration.
敬 謹 respectfully and carefully.
敬 謹管理 to superintend with due reverence
and care.
ching 傲 (二 警) to waru ； to urge to reform.
傲戒 to warn ； to caution.
傲將來 to be a warning for the future.
ching 譽 to rouse ； to waru ； to alarm.
警船浮 abu。y.
ching 驚 to ； ilarm, ； to astonish.
驚 懼 to frighten.
ching 井 a well.
ching 矜 to commiserate.
ching 覚 really ； indeed ； then.
^ /{\ not at all ； even not. Cf. pi"g 並未
ching 境 u boundary ； a place for living ； a site.
ching 鏡 a mirror ； mirrors ； looking-glasses ； the \em of
a telescope, microscope, etc.
ching 競 to wrangle ； to quarrel.
chmg 親 uneasy ； cautious ； anxious.
chincj 淨 (or 淨) to clean ； clean ； clarified ； net (us
opposed to gross).
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eking 淨 數 the net figures ； the not mnount.
淨 重 the net weight.
淨 貨輕重 the net weight of goods.
淨 翅 t'laiitied sharks' fins.
ching 靜 calm ： silent ； repose.
靜 密 silent ； secret.
i'h'imj 輕 lin-ht; not heavy; to treat lightly.
輕 重 wt'iglit ； Yv^ht :m'l heavy.
輕木板 soft-wood planks.
輕 木 概 ^t'ft-wood beams.
輕 重木梳 hard-wood and soft-wood spars.
輕 耗 loss ill wei^^ht ； un(ler-woi<;'li(.
chHitg 靑 Idue ； green.
靑 蓮 a kind of dye-stuft"
靑 '协 green hemp.
靑 ^ green ； ilum ； copperas.
靑 直 green peas.
靑 魄 Tsing.se 11 Isliind, near Ainoy.
chHufj 情 tlie feelings ； disposition ； circumstances.
情 狀 ； appearance.
情 義 disinterestedness.
情 理 reason ； sense.
1 靑 深 the depth of affection.
情 願 to be willing ； to wish ； to bind oneself to.
情 甘 voluntarily ； willingness.
情 形 circumstances ； particulars.
情 節 particulars ； circumstances ； details.
情 案難巳 matters really difficult to In-ing about.
'I 靑 難 推 Jill :icc(>rdiiig to the circumstances, or as
iiKitters happened to be, it was difficult to decline.
chHng 晴 clear.
暗 11^ in clear weather.
^hHng 淸 rlear ; accurate ； correct (as an account).
淸 册 an accurate list or table.
淸 措 a correct account or report ； an official
|i(.'i ioiUc:il account rendered to the Government.
淸措 *" "扣 a fair copy of a document.
淸單 a ship's manifest.
淸 妥 clear and safe (as the anchor chains of a
ship)-
淸 楚 clear ； distinct ：. to settle ； to clear an account.
淸 款 項 to clear (settle concernin;^- certain) items ；
to close accounts.
chHiKj 淸 正 |ni ro ami uprii^ht.
正持躬 to 】imint;iin one's peison |"ire and
ni»ri^lit ； to lend a spotless life.
淸 潔 pure ； flean.
淸 文 MaiK-lm writing.
淸 朝 the Ch'iug dyniusty.
chHiuj g^- I,) request; to apply iV)r ； yon are requested to;
[)leiise ； to invito.
Ira 假 t" upply lur leave.
1h to ask for instructions ； be pleased to in-
istmct.
Ira 命 to ask fur orders ； to ask for peniiission.
Bra ©J 下 to iisk for the Kmperor's orders to
his suliiirdiiKito ofti eel's.
m 領
to receive "n application (as a document} ； to
receive.
百 R 起貨單 :in application to land.
下貨單 an application to ship.
B 青 改 "> apply for permission to correct,
ira 索賠償 to (-'laim nn indcnmity.
i 裔 予 please grant.
Ira 煩 查 核 please trouble to examine ami decide.
言青 煩査收 M M l)le:we trouble to receive an.l
re pi 3' to (as a despatch).
！胄 安 to inquire after :i person's health.
chHiiff 頃 presently ； careful ； ;i king (= lOO mou or Chi-
nese acres).
頃接 I have just received.
頃 接來函 I hiive just received your note.
ch'inrj 倾 to jissity; to smelt.
傾 錄 tu melt.
倾 錯之費 exi.ieaJ>es of melting ； melting fees.
倾 化 "） assay.
ckHng 卿 a (l—itary ; the director of one of the minor
(■ourts in the Imperial household.
卿 Ij^ a second director in an Imperial C'ourt.
卿 相 ； I Minister of State.
chHng 擎 to lift ； to raise ； to salute.
chHiig 慶 to congratulate ； congratulatory ； liencticial ；
h;q.、p' 、-.
慶 慰 to feel consoled.
t、hHng ^ a kiml of lieinp ； jute.
H 麻 Jute. •
chio 角 . .See rhino,
Mo 霄. See chiieh.
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fhio 1^ See chiao.
ch'io 破. See ch'tith.
chHo jja. See c/»'»e/i.
rh in 活 lUstilled liviuors ； wine; samshu.
酒 醉 'Irimk ； drunkenness.
rh in 九 （'>r JX) nme.
九 江 Kiukiiing.
九 iL the Kiukiang Customs.
九 S ('"' 九 國） Kiutoim; the site of the Kiutoan
Ll^htiiuu.-i', near Shanghai.
Willi 究 to examine ； to try ； at last ； iiniilly ； thereafter ；
after all ； in the end ； at the utmotit.
究察 to investigate.
究 辦 to investigate and punish ； to ileal with a
case a judge).
究審 to try a aiiise.
究 党 really ； indeed ； after all ； even tlicn.
ritiu 久 a Innj,' time.
久延 to tlelrt}'.
rliiu 柩 a corpse in a coffin,
chiu 救 to save ； to rescue.
救 t') save ； salvage.
救 護章程 lialvage regulations.
救 濟 to help ； to relieve ； to rescue.
救 援 to rescue.
救 起之貨 goods saved from wrecks ； salvage.
救 出 to Have (as property not destroyed).
救 *K t'J extiuguish fire.
救命 to save liiiman life.
Mu 就 to follow ； according to ； immediately ； forth-
with.
就 貨價每 百油二 t。 levy 2 per cent, ad
rahireiii.
JSSt 近 neighbouring; near; the nearest.
chiu 曰 a mortar.
chiu 相 the tallow tree.
^9 V[{J vegetable tallow.
Mil 舊
舊 銅 did i-opper.
舊銅片 old copper sheathing.
舊 棉 絮 cotton rags.
舊 年 l:ijit year; in former years.
舊 案 old cases.
chin 咎 evil ； criiniiial ； a fault ； guilt.
咎 無 可 辭 all undeniable offence ； the guilt
ciiniiot bi' Hjiinsaid.
咎 實難辭 the mistake can hardly be denied.
咎罪 u crime ； criminal.
ch'iu 秋 the autumn.
秋 季 tlu' jiutiinin season.
秋冬 飇 柬牝風 the north-east monsoon.
chHu 求 to lieg; to :isk ftn- ； to pray.
求 恩 to re(|uest a favour.
chHu 球 a globe ； a ball.
球 式 spherical.
球式藍 帽 a ball-shaped basket top ； a spherical
cage.
ch'iu 囚 to imprison ； a prison ； a criiuiual.
chiuntj 窘 .straitened ； pressed.
chHiing 窮 exhaust ； poor.
chHung 遣 ； i kind of jade.
複 州 府 the prefecture of Kiungcbow in Hainan.
複 海 關 the Kiungchow Customs.
chHuufj 迴 remote ； in a high degree (used to emphasise
negation). Cf. ^ring 並 未.
迴 不相同 widely ditiereut.
迴 不相符 in entire disagreement with.
cho 桌 (or 掉） a table. •
(.'ho 着 (or 著) to wear (as clothes, shoes, etc.); I, the
Emperor, couiniand that ； let (in Imperial edicts) ；
to order ； to instruct ； " the instructions are that."
著充 I， the Emperor, command to fill the post
of; We hereby appoint as.
cho 拙 stupid ； unskilful.
cho 捉 to grasp ； to seize.
捉拿 to arrest.
cho 鐲 a bracelet.
cho 指 to select (as for Government employ); to promote.
cho 酌 to deliberate upon ； to consider ； to arrange for.
酌 量 t') ton.'^ider.
m 奪>
_ / to consult : to deliberate.
酌 織 )
酌 體 to meet the wishes of another ； to treat with
consideratiou.
酌 視 to consult about and look after.
酌 改 to alter regulations).
酌 滅 to decide upon diminishing.
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rho
rho
I'h'o
ih'o
cho u
'--}'""
rhon
choii
t:hou
rho u
I'Jroii,
酌 記 t。 decide upon m'ORlm.u: (as an officer's
name for ;i reward).
酌 復 to reply on being 議 suited
酌 數 the authorised amount ； iu cerUiin quantities,
酌帶 15 洋荐干 to carry witli oneself an amount
of dnliars sutlicieut for intended piiivliases.
輕 ( = SS) to offer libations.
摘 to strike.
i 蜀 5 並 to rush against ； to collide two ships).
滅 to stamp ； a stamp.
截 tE to affix a seal ； an ofticial seal ； a chop.
州 an inferior department ； a chou district.
州 同 i first antl second class assistant department
州 判 i magistrates.
洲 an island.
舟 a boat.
舟 山 the Chusan Ir^lauds.
周 to surround ； complete ； to provide for.
周圍 to surround ； circumference.
周 妥 complete ； satisfactory ； quite correct.
周 矢 D to inform
周 章 iiiuch trouble ("with comparatively small
l•e^^ult); useless toil.
周 愤 well prepared ； well arranged.
周 to assist.
周 密 well arranged ； satij^factory ； secret.
粥 rice-water ； congee. '
總 a kind i.»f crape.
總 紗 silk crape.
財 the elbow.
晝 dayliglit : in the daytiiue.
晝 夜 day and night.
咒 to curse ； to imprecate.
咒 誦 to chant the liturgy.
？?; 由 woven silk. Used for ch'on (綢 ).
4 由 to take out with the Land ； to take out (as silk
from a cocoon, i.e., to reel) ； to levy (as duties).
抽 査 to select and examine one article out of a lot.
抽 出 to select ； to pick out.
抽 絲 to reel silk ； reeled silk.
袖 換 to take out and change (as goods from ori-
ginal packages).
去由 派 to send on special duty ； to take out of one's
routine for special duty.
ch'on
i'h'ou
t/t'o" 寺 [Ij 分 to take a per-centatre.
抽 撥 t" divide in per-centaj^'os ； tn allot in propor-
tion to.
拙 身 to take oneself ofl'; to stay away ； to retire.
抽 稅 to levy duty.
抽 課 to levy tnrxes or duties.
it\ 厘 to collect likin taxes.
拙不 iii 解 to levy an iniiount insuftitient for
iviiiithim'f (said of a tux tanner who does not
collect tlio amount contracted for).
^ a company ； companions.
傳 伴 companions.
餘 to calculate ； to reckon.
^ it to calculate.
簿畫 to devise schemes ； to consider.
辦 to arrange ； to plan.
藝 議 to consider ； to deliberate.
ch"(m 躊 irresolute.
ch'ou 愁 mournful ； melancholy.
ch'ou 綱 silk cloth ； thin silks.
綱 I 段 silk piece goods ； silk dainask and satin.
綱 總 manufactured silks.
綢 衣 服 silk clothing.
綱 帽 -silk caps.
ch'ou 観 to reward.
@W 謝 to rewnrd ； to return thanks.
勞 to reward merit.
酬値 a gratuity.
ch'ou 譽 to fight ； an enemy.
警 應 revenge.
譬 怨 hatred ； enmity.
ch'ou 仇 ； in enemy ； hatred ； auimosity.
仇 敵 enemies.
ch'oit 丑 ； in horary character (i to 3 a.m.).
t'h'ou 臭 an unpleasant odnnr ； -stinking.
臭 腥 rancid.
chu 主 a iiiMster ； the owner (as of goods).
主 治 to govern ； to regulate.
主 意 decision ； will.
主 事 :in assistant secretary of :i Govennuent
Board.
主旗" the ruling flag;" a national ensign.
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chu 住 to dwell ； to live at.
住 宅 a |>rivute resilience of a non-olHcial personage.
住 宿 lo stop ； to lodge.
chu 註 to siirii ； to endorse ； a comiuenUiry ； to explain.
明 to enter in a floonment ； to state by 、vay of
explanation ； to make clear.
i£ 雜 t" niiR'fl :in entry in a liook ; to write oH:
a 册 to enter on a lisit.
if 記 to enter (ns in a register).
f'*，（ 駐 to reside at; to halt and rest.
駐 TK 大臣 tlu' Foreii^'n Ministers residing at
I't'king.
駐紫 to be stationed at.
駐寓 to reside at.
rA w 注 to record ； to comment upon.
注 |£ to record.
注 明 to comment upon ； to state.
chu 朱 vermilion colour; rouge ； red.
chu 梯 (=. 誅) to punish ； to reprove ； to involve in
another's crime.
称連 to involve in punishment.
chu 珠 a |icarl ； beads.
珠邊 時辰表 watches hnailUes k imies.
球 葡 ilie chloranthiis (used in scenting tea).
珠蘭茶 .scented teas ； " scented caper."
chu 珠 vermilion,
珠 砂 cinnabar.
殊 擎 the vermilion, "-， the Imperial, pencil ； an
Imprrial order ； Imperial sanction ； the Imperial
Jmiidwritinj^.
殊 批 tlie vermilion orders ； <an Imperial rescript.
chu 珠 to put to death.
chu 猪 a pig.
猪 囊 pigs' bristles.
chu 諸 a]l ； as a sign of the plural, the.
諸 弊 all the malpractices ； the malpractices.
諸 夕卜 洋 nil the foreign seas ； foreign countries.
諸 多 very many ； all the many
chu 築 to build.
築立 to build ； to erect.
chu 攝 A candle.
f/nt 鶴 to enjoin upon ； to order ； to request.
fA« 逐 to expel ； to drive away ； according to ； one by
one ； in detail.
ckn 逐 欽 according to kinds ； item by item ； hy
iKini^a-aphs ； each consideretl by itself.
逐 一 one by one ； item by item.
chn 助 to assist.
chu g*j knowledge ； being a forbidden character, shoukl
be written 幹 ( eh u the last stroke of the full
character being omitted. '
chu 貯 )
> to store up.
St 存、
chu 禱 t'l viini ； to coin (as money).
chn 竹 the bamboo.
竹 竿 loamboo canes ； canes.
竹 ^ bamboo shoots.
竹 器 bambooware.
竹 布 bamboo cloth (a cotton texture of Chinese
rminufactui'e).
竹藍 a bamboo cage or basket.
ch'" 出 to J
o out ； to give out ； to produce ； to pay ； the
side of an account ； to advance an oifer ； to
bid (as ji price at ； m auction).
出 人 to go out and in ； outward aud inward ；
to iiuike a difterence by causing au increase or
a decrease.
出 人多寡 the amount received (人) after de-
ducting- expenses (出 ); the net amount.
出 口 to export ； to leave port ； to clear from a port.
出口稅 export duty.
出口單 a port clearance.
出 口貨單 an export manifest.
出口海 關 the exjiortiiig Custom House, ?..('.，
tlu- Cu -、 t' 通 Hou^^e Avhere outward transit goods
are to ]>;iy export duty.
出 P 海 關 設 卡 the barrier established at the
pi trt wliere [transit] goods are exported.
出內地 transit outwards.
出 ^ to leave the island.
出 關 to cross the provincial boundary, or the
(Treat AVall, iit Shan-hai-kuau.
出 外 to go out ； to go abroad.
出 洋 to export abroad ； for export to foreign coun-
tries ； iilso, to go to sea; to emigrate.
出 'i^ $Si 船 an ocean steamer (as opposed to a
" liver steamer").
出 水 to come out of tiie water ； to be landed
tViiui the sea ； to be exported across the sea.
出 水 面 to stand out from the water ； to be dry
(imt being covered by water).
出首 to come out first; to be the first to reveal
a luct.
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- to sign <i bond.
to sell ； for sale.
出 首 A one who loys the eurliest information ； an
inforuier.
出 使 to be sent abroad (as an envoy).
出 身 official odvnncenient ； offioinl employ.
出 示 > to issue a. piililic notice ； to issue a
出示曉 諭( Proclatiiatiou.
出具切 結 )
出具廿 結 \
出資 tr> provide means ； to pay for,
出 船資
to pay travelling expenses.
出 竇
出 售
出 躍 to sell gram.
出力 to exert oneself.
出 格 out of rule.
出 行 ti) proceed on a journey.
出 缺 a vacancy,
W'"' 糸 [!'' :in impediment, a him Ira nee (especially in trade
； ind finance).
f/''" 初 first : ])l;ipe<l liffore the first lo dates of the
month fas "捌 曰， the eighth).
%J] 原 from the outset ； at first.
^ &I the first decade ； i.e., the first lo days
of a month.
^/J 末 hegin'iii];r and end ； the whole of.
禾 JJ 次 the first time.
Cfe'w 除 to rlo away with; to subtract ； to Uerluct ； to
divide.
除根 to eradicate.
除 此 besides this.
除 外 fleduotinrr ； besides Very
lentrtliy and complicated passages are sometimes
included Itotween these two characters, the literal
inennincr of which is : besides (doing all that is
said between rh'u and wai).
除以一 百 to divide by loo.
除皮 核赏之 to calculate [the net weight] by
deduciin'_c the enihaUage; to tare.
ch(u 儲 to collect ； to accumulate ； to put by ； to store.
儲 庫 to store in an anuoury.
cfe'w 處 a place ； a public office ； the different points of
an e:ipos6; cu'cumstances ； to punish.
虚 所 a, phice.
處 分 fines and other punishments imposed upon
an official.
chUi
ch'u
ch'uai
s]>eui;illy refer to.
- spei'ial rules ； special I'ej^iilations.
處 to regulate.
處 治 to set to rights.
楚 distinct ； well defined ； properly tiuLshed.
畜 domestic jinimals ； cattle.
端 to ascertain ； to detect ； to feel ； to try.
專 specially ； solely ； singly.
專 ^ very particularly ； to be devoted to one
專 謂
專指
專指藥 料而言 t() refer to medicines.
專 照 ：i -si>i?t_'iiil certificate.
專! (J^ ;i special permit.
專單费 the fee for u special permit.
專章 I
專條'
專 屬 to belong to especially ； to specially refer to.
專此 I specially write tliU note (:i concludinj^
phrase in letters).
專此 奉布 I -specially inform you of this.
專 此 布 覆 I specially inform you of this in
nply.
專寄 tu forward.
專人 to seiul a special messenger ； to summon
witnesses.
傳 ； I loford ； a clironicle. See ch^uan.
踏 bricks ； tiles ； flags ； slabs (a.s of copper, etc.).
踏 瓦 bricks and tiles.
踏 茶 brick tea.
轉 to revolve ； to convey ； to bi'ing on (as loss) ； to
transmit.
轉咨 to further write to another 、vli:it Ims been
foimmuiicated to oneself ； to transuiit in a de-
spatch a couimiiuiciition received.
轄 報 to further report to another what has been
reported to oneself ； to communicate a report
veceiveel.
轉 詳 to communicate a report received.
轉 呈 to transmit a report to a superior.
轉 票 to communicate a report received from an
inferior.
轉 Ws to give instructions for transmission (to
-、 I 山 iii'JimUes).
轉 准 to receive a tlocument fur further trans-
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I'huan 轉 讀 to forwanl ii request ； to further miiiest.
轉達 t'l lorwanl ； to semi on.
轉運 t" rarry on to some further place; to re-
tniiisport.
轉 tii iv-sell ； to further sell to other parties.
轉 售 for siilc ； to furtluT sell to others.
轉 fr 照 辦 a? tn transmit for the
j^iiidance of
韓 付 to be tnmsferml t" llu- hmuU of; change
iiaiuis (as property).
撰 to arrange; to compose (as n letter).
,'k'tian 川 a mountain stream; to flow; to travel ； stands
for 四 川 (.、格('/*'"(1")， the provmee of Sze-
chwan.
川 i'lfc 不 an uninterrupted stream; incessantly;
t'>iistantly.
川 资 tr.t veiling expenses.
川 7^ Szechwan ginger (;i kind of medicine).
川 土 Szechwan opium.
川 鍋 Szecliwau silk piece goods ； Szecliwau crape.
川 省 the province of Szecliwan.
I'h'uan 穿 to put on garments.
穿 孝 to put oil the iranuent of filial piety, i.e.,
white iiiouniinir clothes (as worn for the first
luuiihx'd (bij's after the death of a parent) ； to
mourn for a parent.
穿貫 to string ； to connect.
ch'nan 傳 to forward (as letters) ； to send for ； to summon;
to trnnsfer ； to interpret.
傳. 案 to summon to court ； to impeach ； to pro-
smite,
傳 究 to summon for investigation.
傳 藥 人 言 5 to summon witnesses.
傳 jiS" tn interpret ； :in interpreter.
傳 113 to ； uldre.ss (|uestions to ； to interrogate.
傳 ！? a mounted courier.
傳旨 to publish an Imperial decree.
傳 ^JC to propagate religion ； a missionary.
傳染症 a contagious disease.
ch'nan 船 n sUp.
船 H vessels.
船 艇 a boat.
船 戸 the people on board a ship ； the shipowner ；
u ^iiip s employe ； a boatman.
船家 a ship's crew.
船 ft a ship's agents ； a shipping firm.
ch'nan 船 主
a ship's captain.
船 東
a .shipowner ； ;i ship's captain.
艄 夥
a iiuitc ； :i ship's officer.
船 手
船 夫
- lioiitiiien ； siiilors.
船式
the type of a .ship ； the rig of a ship.
船 媳
a ship's hold.
船 身
a ship's hull
船 首
船 頭
1 the bow of ;i ship.
)
船 頭
支 出之梳 a jib-boom.
船 尾
the stern of a vessel.
船顯
a si lip's r;iil.
船劳
ii ship's side ； on the side of a ship.
船桅
a chip's mast, or iiiiists.
船舵
a ship's rudder.
M yi
s;u1h.
船燈
a ship s light ； a lig'tohip.
船 廠
a dock.
船 澳
I dockyard.
船政局 a Government dockyard ； an arsenal.
船政 大臣 the Imperial Commissioner for the
Fi-iochdW Arsenal.
船名 之旗 a signal flag denoting the mime of a
■sliip.
船 用 雑 物 ship's stores.
船 用洋煤 foreign coal for ship's use.
船 貨 the cargo of a vessel ； the vessel and her
c:ir;4'-|.
船 §p tonnage dues ； the "Tonnage Dues Account"
^ = (Jiistoiiis Account 0).
船 鈔 執 照 a tonnage dues certificate.
船 料 port dues (paid by Chinese junks at native
(_'ast(im Houses).
船 課 Vioat taxes ； tonnage dues.
船 脾 a ^^liip's register.
船契 ：i ship's certificate of sale.
船 路 the ships' channel (as ia a river).
船 行正路 the fairway channel (for ships in a
river or near the coast).
chM 陽 夕牛 an error.
舛 錯之誤 a mistake.
夕牛 contradictory.
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串
to connect ； to string together.
串
通 to combine (as for an illegal act).
串
謀 to intrigue.
庄
a cottage. Cf. chuaj/r/ 莊.
chuaiKj
粧
to dress ； rouge ； ornamental.
粧
飾 to ornament.
clivanrj
狀
appeai-iince ； shape ； form ； to accuse.
狀
師 an attorney.
狀
子 Mil accusation ； a plaint.
狀 兀 the best scholar at the metropolitan examina-
tion ； a senior wrangler.
chitamj 壯 strong ； able-bodied.
壯 勇 irregular troops ； brave?.
dinaufj 裝 to ； tn be laden M'itli ; to contain.
裝載 to carry ； to be laden with (as ;i ship) ； to
contain.
裝 載于 撥船 to be placed on board a cargo-
boat.
裝 蓮 to be laden with ； ind to transport to; to take
to 、； IS a ship takes cargo).
裝船 to put on board a ship (as goods) ； to ship.
裝船處 tlie place of shipment.
裝 上 t" put into ； to take in.
裝 to ship and discharge goods ； to "work" (as
:i vessel in iiort).
裝 貨逾限 loading goods beyond a limit of time
coiitnit'teil fiu".
裝 満貨物 full of cargo (as a vessel).
裝 免 to carry cargo exempted from duty.
裝免數 目 the " exemption account," showing
exemption tVoiu duties on account of tribute rice
v.wvied.
cfniavf/ 莊 sedate ： serious ； (= chuaiuj 庄) a cottage ； a
.shop.
莊 田 a farm ； form labourers.
莊 察 a country establishment ； a farm.
莊 稼 the crops.
莊 敬 'serious and respectful.
莊 誠 serious and truthful. '
chuang 格 ：t beacou ； beacons.
chiiang 撞 to ru.sh against ； to collide.
撞 ！ S to swindle; to dcfraiui
ch'ua)i(j 創 to invent.
^Ij 始 to commence.
JlJ 造 to make as the first ； to invent.
ch'uainj ||J ^ to e.stablisli, to I'liiM, etc. (as a li-;hthouse).
籠,、 ！ 床 a 1,0(1 ； a couch.
床 g 毛 i.l:inkcts.
床 帳 bed curtains.
追 to pursue ； to prosecute.
追出 to trace out ； to find out on sift in*,' matters.
追 究 ti) investigate (a case).
追擎 lu pm-i-ue and seize.
追 JR "> be pressed to furnish ； to be bound to pay.
追 to sue for payment.
追 還 to press for recovciy.
ch'ui 吹 to blow (:is a horn).
吹 戒 險 VZ 螺 to l.low a steam fog horn.
吹 nj^' lo wliistle; i» whistle.
('h'ui 垂 to (]ro[) ilnwii ； to condescend.
垂 to rnnde.sc'ond to inquire ； [the Emperor]
iiKiuiiing after i\ suliject's healtli.
垂憐 豁免 to liavc pity jind iiKi^^ii;iniiiiously ili.s-
i'e:j,;iril.
垂 忍 coiiilL'sceiuiing kiiuhiess.
chim f 危 to permit ； to appro-\-e.
ift 單 ;i permit.
准 f 亍 to siliu'tion.
准 予，》 稅 t" Ki'ant exemption from tluty.
;《《 令 to ullnw that.
{0 往 憑 jp. a parents' certificate of emij;ratioii
L;iven to ininor.s.
chioi 準 to equ;ili->c ； to luljust ； to approve.
準 禾平 a.ljiisted scales.
準 對 tf> be equal ； to iv^ree (as two iKilanccs
properl)' adjusted).
準 情 酌 理 to consider the circumstances of.
ifjS 則 ； I standard ； a rule.
ch'nn 春
春夏 威西南 風 the .south-west monsoon.
ck^un 純 pure ； genuine ； honest.
chuwff 中 middle ； placed after a noun, in, within, among ；
the second quality out of three, when shang (上)
means first and hsia (下） third ； to obtain ;i
literary dei,Tee ； to sum ed ； China ； Chinese.
中 Ph^ ill the middle of.
中 途 on the road ； m route.
中 旬 the middle decade ； 人〜 from the loth to
, the 20th day of a month.
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'liiiia ； ('liiiie.se.
< 'hiuese ami foreign.
rhunff 中 ^(jt tin' tiii(Ml(> mast ； the iiinin mast of a ship.
中 線 tlie iiiiiMlo thread, ！ >.， the meridian (of
CJrvonw uli, Peking, etc.) from which longitude is
中堂 H Chnng-t'ang (title of a Graud -Secretary
or -Mihi^tiT of State).
中入 ii ； :o-l)ot\vfon.
中保 a siiri'ty ； a mediator.
中 燕 liinls' nests, 2111 1 ijuality.
中 I
中 華、
中 外/
中 西
忠 臣 a loyal minister.
忠 信 faithful.
忠 純 lionest and soli'l.
':kung 衷 lieurt or mind ； equity ； the true feeling of.
rhung 重 heavy ； weight; weighing ； to give weight to;
to secure respect for. Cf. ch'ung 重.
重 輕 heavy and light ； either heavy or light ；
wht'i'pas chSnff-diuvg (輕 重) usually means
" weij^ht " as a ueutnil term ； high :ind low (as
prices). •
重 木 t ？、 料 )
重 木方榧 i
重木板 liiiril-wood planks.
重 究 to inquire into strictly ； to deal severely
with (as an offender).
重 究不貸 to be severely dealt with (as an
ulirinlor).
重 稅 銷 to maintain clue regard for revenue in-
teicsls.
重蟹飾 give due weight to Ukin tax interests.
重 to consider of importance the fact that;
con-siLlering the fact that.
diung 種 to plant ； kind; sort.
種 頓 kind) category.
種 式 piUtern ； kind.
鐘 a chn-k; a bell.
鐘 表 clocks and watches.
鐘 時 （ I'ick time ； i.e., time by the foreign division.
終 finally ； in the end ； whole.
終日 ：i wliole day.
終 始 li' i^inning and eml ； always.
chuny 衆 all ； many; the whole of. '
l-wood beams.
ehung
ch'unf/
ch'ung
ch'ung
ch'ung
ch^ung
chil
chii
衆 商 ； ill the meri'iiants ； the mercantile comiuunity.
衆 洋 商 the f"n_""'n iiiercliants as a body ； the
iVtiei^n im-irantile world.
衆洋商 情 the interests of foreign commerce.
冲 ('"' 沖) to strike against; to collide ； imitation;
spurious ； staintini^ for 充 (chtuifj)^ to act as.
冲 羽 紗 iiiiitation cauilets,
冲 小 羽 緣 imitation lastings.
冲 銷、 sell clandestinely while evading payinent
of taxes.
重 a second time ； -M^nm ； twice ； to be distinguished
from chiing (重 )， heavy.
重 錄 to enter twice.
重 1^ again ； repeatedly ； to repeat.
重 新 to renew.
重 新商訂 to negotiate, or deliberate u pon, for
the second time.
重 修 to revise.
重 稅 II second duty ； further charges (on goods).
重 洋 to cross the sea twice ； to cross two or
several seas ； to make a long sea journey.
衝 to rush against ； a thoroughfare.
衝 移 to carry away (as a buoy is carried away in
:i, -'ale).
支 to fill ； to act iiK ； to become.
3^ ilJ^ to fill ； filled ； full.
支 铺 to fill a vacancy.
充 I 肖 工 to act iis master of a ship.
充 引 水 to perform the duties of a
eli;;ible as :i pilot.
5£ 當 to fill the duties of an office ；
iVir an office ； to serve as.
3£ 當水手 to act as a sailor.
5c 賞 to serve as a reward ； as, or
reward.
支 公 to become public property ；
lis rated.
支 足 sLiffifient; ample.
統 a l)lunderljuss ； a pistol ； a gun.
崇 lofty ； eminent ； houoiu'able.
虫 (01' 蟲) ill sects or reptiles.
寵 a favourite ； atfection.
句 a sentence ； a phrase.
句 ^x. sentences and paragraphs.
拘 to grasp ； to seize ； to arrest.
pilot ； to be
to lie eligible
in lieu of, a
to be con-
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chii
chii
chil
chii
chil
ehii
chii
chii,
chii
chii
> the inhabitants.
局 a public company ； a commission ； an adminis-
trative board ； an establishment working under
such a board ； all.
局董 a manager in a public company.
局 員 the employes, or clerks, of a public company,
局 卡 Likin barriers.
居 to dwell ； to live.
居民
居民 A 等
居 住 to dwell ； to live at or in ； to reside.
居 心 the heart dwells on ； to set one's heart on.
雞 a saw ； to saw.
E great ； vast ； numerou.«.
拒 to oppose ； to resist.
矩 rule ； usage.
矩 模 a pattern.
慕巨 lio、v ； in what manner.
5 巨 料 "how could I expect?" i.e., to my surprise ；
unexpectedly ； however.
距 the distance between ； distant from.
距 水 面 above the water-level.
距岸 $5 — 里 about I li distant from the shore.
具 to arrange ； to prepare ； to furnish ； to state ； to
present to.
具暴人 the petitioner.
具保結 to sign a bond.
具呈 to prepare and hand up ； to present (as a
document).
具 呈保眾 to sign a guarantee.
具奏 to present a memorial to the Throne.
具 3^ a written despatch ； an official paper ； an
empty form.
具有 天良者 frank-hearted, honest people.
俱 all ； equally ； gives a preceding noun plural force.
橘 an orange.
禱 子 oranges.
橘 皮 orange peel.
結 f otherwise chieh, a water-wheel) contracted from
潘, iin orange.
洁 子 oranges.
舉 to raise ； to recommend a matter proposed ； a
proposition ； a matter ； an affair ； to commence.
舉 人 the ch 'd-jen literary degree.
舉 世 the whole world.
擧行 to commence ； to put into operation.
chv, 據 in accordance with ； whereas ； documentary
proof ； an official record ； a protest noted.
據此 on the <ii'oimd of this (statement, applicatiun,
etc.); accordingly.
^ 2； as it is said ； as to the remark that.
據 情 according to the circumstances.
據' 1 青面襄 to submit the facts in a personal
address.
據 實察明 to make an accurate report.
chii 透 hurried ； hasty ； suddenly.
遠 議 to decide hastily.
逸 予免征 to grant exemption from duty in a
hurry.
chii 戯 to spy ； to watch for.
虚 S 機會 to watch for an opportunity.
chii 懼 to be afraid ； to fear.
chii 聚 to assemble.
聚 集 to assemble ； to collect.
聚衆 to assemble in numbers.
聚観 to pack together with.
ch'ii 曲 L rooked ； bent ； yielding.
曲 直 crooked and straight.
曲 如 矜 恤 to have pity on ； to feel compassion
for.
曲 斜 to go obliquely ； to trend away from the
straight course.
ckHl 去 to go away ； past ； gone.
去官 to leave the public service.
去 年 last year ； in former years.
去 世 to depart from this world ； to die.
去玄 an outgoing despatch.
去後 (= 以 後) (after a verb) on having ；
after.
ch^ii 趨 to run ； to follow quickly ； to bast en.
趨赴 to hasten to i to readily follow an invitation.
趨 禾! J to run after gain.
ch*n 屈 to bend down ； grievance ； wrong.
屈 柱 injustice ； wrong.
屈從 to submit ； to consent.
ch'it 區 a store-room ； to sort ； petty ； trifling.
區 別 to distinguish ； distinction.
ckHi 樞 the human body.
ch'il 驅 to expel.
驅除 to expel ； to send away.
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^Si 驅逐 to expel.
fA'" JR t ' letch ； to get ； to select.
取具 to produce (us a certificate) ； to furnish.
取 去 to take away.
' 取 回 to fotfh back ； tit take biuk.
取 鬧 t'> iiltercrttion ； to coiumence a row.
® 巧 to exact iin undue advantage.
JU 巧販 S deceitful traffic in goods.
fh'ii 娶 tci iiiurry.
ch^ii 趣 pleasure ； enjoyment ； a jest.
chUan 捐 to subscribe (as in a subscription list) ； to pay a
Government special tax ； special taxes ； likin, etc.
捐输 to puivhiise official rank.
捐 銀 to subscribe money.
捐資 to subscribe ； a subscription.
捐 官 to purchase office.
chiian ^ a tliin silk texture ； silk taffeta ； pongees.
chiian ^ to put aside ； to remit (as taxes).
chiian 卷 the relatives an^ members of one's household ；
affectionate.
眷 口 I the members of a family or house-
眷属 A 口 f hold'
眷 族 relatives.
眷 念 to think of with affection.
chiian 卷 a roll ； a scroll ； a record ； a document.
chiian 捲 to roll up ； to receive.
chiian 倦 tired ； fatigued.
chUian 券 a deed ； a contract.
券 契 an agreement.
券 約 a bond ； a deed.
ch'iian 圈 a circle ； to encircle ； an enclosure ； to punctuate.
圈脫 to erase by drawing a ring ； to cancel.
ch*iia7i 全 complete.
全 數 the whole amount ； completely.
全 貨之數 the complete amount of goods; the
whole lot.
全 權 having full powers ； plenipotentiary.
全 案 the complete [records of a] case.
全 卷照錄 to make m copy of all the documents
of a Ciusc.
全叙 3：? 3^ "as quoted before;" "see above;"
lit., the complete quotation as stated. Cf. yiin
云 云-
ch^^<m ^ to cure ； to recover.
ch''ilan 泉 ：i spring.
泉 州 府 the prefecture of Ch'dan-chou (Chin-
chew), near Amoy.
ch^iian 勸 to advise.
勸 戒 to caution ； to warn.
勸慰 to console.
ch(iia/n 權 ； uitin)rity ； power ； circumstances.
櫂屬 在該關 the power of …… rests with the
.said < 'ufftoiii House.
權 勢 influence; authority.
權 辦 to manage a matter, or act, temporarily,
under the pressure of circumstances; to adopt
an exceptional course owing to special circum-
stances.
權宜 a temporary measure; a measure one can-
not help adopting.
權 宜之舉 a temporary arrangement to meet
pressing circumstances.
chHian 犬 a dog.
犬 牙交錯 interlocked like dog's teeth.
chikk 絕 to cut off; to break ； to interrupt ； extremely ；
vevy.
chiieh 識 to impose on.
chiiek 决 (or '决) to flow; to decide ； decidedly.
决 不 hy no means. Cf. ping 並 未.
决 不姑寬 on no account will leniency be shown.
chueh 角. See ckiao.
chiieh 覺. See chiio.
chiieh 脚. See ehiao.
chit } 霄 a rank of nobUity.
ck'&ek 缺 empty ； a deficiency ； a vacancy.
缺 魅 deficient ； a deficit.
缺 額 short, of the stipulated amount.
缺出 a vacancy occurring (as from resignation).
缺本 to lose capital.
缺 防 insufficiently guarded against; to fail to
take protective measures.
缺 處 an empty place ； an open spot.
ch'ueh 却 but ； nevertheless ； then ； really ； to refuse ； to
decline.
chHieh \ tw? , ,
I 惟 true ； accurate.
確 實 the true facts ； no mistake.
確知 to know properly.
確 當 correct and in order.
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ckiin
chiin
chit"
chiin
chiin
ch^'iiu
chiio
chiio
chiao
j 確 論 true ； really.
確 捧 proved by fact ； criminative evidence ； cri-
laiuative.
確 切 with the utmost accuracy.
君 a sovereign ； a king ； a gentleman ； after a sur-
name, and followed i\y the personal name {ming),
correspond in to our "Mr." before surnamos, e.g.^
陶 君詠常 Mr. T'ao YuNG-cn'ANO.
君 長 superiors ； the chiefs of a tribe.
君 民 the sovereign and the people.
君主 a king ； a queen ； a sovereign.
郡 a principality ； an earldom.
郡王 ii< prince of the 2nd order.
軍 a regiment ； military ； the anny.
軍 需 military equipments.
軍 器 implements of war.
軍 火 munitions of war.
軍 民 the soldiery and the people.
軍 P， honorary title of a T%-tu (high military
official) (employed in correspondence only).
軍裝所 a depository for anus, etc. ； an armoury.
軍 前要物 munitions of war.
軍 機 a council of war.
軍機處 the Grand Council.
軍 機大臣 a Minister of the Grand Council.
軍牌 .a medal awarded for military services.
接 to complete ； to finish.
錄事 to complete an affair.
均 ail ； equally ； gives a preceding noun plural force.
均 齊 even and regular ； well adjusted.
均 甲 impartial.
钩 important ； just ； politely, that which belongs to
the person addressed : yom\
钩答 Ij your respected orders (as alluding to an
official letter from a superior).
^ 諭 your instructions.
钩 安不— with many kind inquiries (a con-
ci lit ling phi-ase in letters).
钩裁 to consider in justness ； to duly weigh the
arguments.
羣 a flock ； all ； they all.
胃. See ch 'deh.
, 覺 to perceive ； to be aware of ； to understand ； to
iirouse.
覺 察 to be aware of and examine.
6, See 0.
思 favour ； kindness.
恩 ？ H to kindly grant.
恩 情 kindness; affection.
恩 義 kindness and justice.
恩 眷 Imperial favour.
恩 便 a favour ； ； i kindness.
恩 恤 商 艱 to have sympathy with the mer-
(■h;mt'.s hardships.
恩 貝§ the bestowal of favour ； bestowed by favour.
恩 慈 kindness and mercy.
恩 ： 5^ 兩便 both a matter of favour and of
justice.
erh 兒 a child.
兒 茶 cutcb.
《r/i 耳 ear ； at least ； only (restrictive particle at the
close of sentences),
耳 環 ear-rings.
耳目" ears and eyes ； " "-， spies.
耳間 to hear (as a rumour).
《Wt 而 and ； but ； and yet ； yet. After verbs it often bu.s
the force of the Latin gerund ； e.g., 煮 海水而
作 镜 chu hai-shui crh tw yen, "to make suit
by boiling sea water"; 鞴船拖 帶而人
juy to enter (port), erh^ by, lun-ch'-iuin Vo-tai^
being steamer- towed, i.e., "to be towed into
port by a steamer." It is frequently used in
- introducing the apodosis in a concessive clause,
no matter whether the protasis be opened by
siii (虽佳 )， "although," or not; e.g., ， 而 ，
or 雖 ，而 …… ， ''although ， yet " Cf.
sni 雖，
而 已 and no more (a final phrase) ； only ； merely.
爾 you ； it often has the force of making an adverb
of the word preceding it.
爾 等 y。u (plural).
erA 靈一 ]■ near to ; close at hand.
運 近 j
運 來 recently ； hitherto.
erk 二 (or J^) two; both.
二 價 two prices ； no fixed prices.
二 心 double-minded.
二套 p £rh-t'ao-kow (a Likin station on the
Yangtze).
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法 l.i、、 ： rule ； niethixi ； French.
法 網 lu'iteii l»y the law ； caught and punished.
法 jic rei^iliitions ； ways.
碼 standard weights.
法葡呢 rtannel.
法國 （ = ^法 蘭西. f" 職 -"" also 佛 蘭西，
Jo-hii-hsi, or 法 食 U 西， fa-lang-fm) France ；
French.
ii 文 the French text.
伐 t'l >trike ； to cut down ； to reduce.
伐 國 to subdue a country.
伐木 to cut down timber.
發 to send ； to issue.
逸 膝 to send to the District Magistrate (as a
triminiil for punishment).
發貨 to send goods.
體寄 to send (as a letter or a despatch).
资 ^ to issue.
？ S 給收執 to issue and place in the hands of.
§ 回 to irfsue back ； to return (as documents
deposited).
發還 to return (as moneys).
發 還存票 to issue drawback in exchange (for
iluty piiid).
單 to issue a bill, permit, etc.
發 單起貨 to issue a permit to land.
發 潮 to become damp or mouldy.
發怒 to get angry.
發財 to grow rich.
歷賣 to sell ； to expose for sale.
乏 to be in want of ； exhausted.
罰 to fine ； to punish.
罰 罪 to punish.
罰 錢 to tine pecuniarily.
罰偉 to have one's salary reduced by way of fine.
罰 商銀兩 proceeds of fines [collected] from
increhants.
罰 貨物人 官變價 proceeds of confiscated
goods sold.
罰 $ 人官 to be punished by confiscation ； to
be conti seated.
罰辦 to decide a case by fine or confiscation.
罰 欽 fines [and confiscations] items; account of
fines and confiscations (= Customs Account B).
fan
fan
fan
fan
S 纖
f 職
fan
罰欽案 由淸措 a confiscation report.
罰款 淸册； I I'eport of fines and confiscations.
罰 項 moneys received on account of fines.
翻 纖 to be fined and pay ； to pay as a fine.
番 foreign ； ( = 次) time ； times.
番 A a foreigner.
番 邦 foreign kingdoms.
番 lE. flannel.
緒 to translate.
織譯宫 an official interpreter.
翻 to turn over ； to revise (as a case).
翻播 to mix up ； to muddle.
藩 a boundary ； a frontier.
藩 司 the Provincial Treasurer ； the same as Fan-
i'ai (藩 臺) or Pu-ckmg-shih (布 政 使).
藩 桌兩司 the Provincial Treasurer and the
Provincial Judge ； the two chief commissioners of
provincial government.
凡 every; whenever ； if.
凡 者 all who (or which)
凡 遇 whenever.
凡 例 the introductory explanations in a book.
帆 a sail ； to sail.
帆 船 sailing vessels.
帆 蓬 sails.
帆杠 a yard (of a ship's mast).
帆 布 canvas.
繁
numerous ； many.
繁 多
very many,
樊 a railing ； an enclosed place.
樊 口 Fankow (a Likin station on the Yangtze).
攀 alum.
煩 to trouble ； please ； I shall be obliged if you
will.
反 to turn ； but ； on the contrary.
反 昂 very high ； exorbitant (as in price).
反案 to go contrary to a case.
反坐 on the contrary, to be guilty [oneself] ； to
bring a charge back on one's own head (as a false
accuser does).
反復 I backwards and forwards ； coming and going ；
反覆 j again and again ； to repeat.
反口 to deny one's own words.
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J""
販
to trade ； to buy and sell ； to deal in.
販
賣 to trade ； to deal in.
販
運 to traffic ； to forward (goods).
販
運圔利 to traffic for the sake of profit.
販
戸 dealers (ill salt, etc.).
fa a
返
to return ； to revert to.
飯
boiled rice ； food ； meals.
J." n
泛
to float; vague.
泛
言 vague language.
fill'
犯
a criminal ； to be guilty ； to offend against.
CO
法 to offend against the law.
例 to break the regulations.
犯
罪 to oftend ； offence ； to coiuiuit ；, crime
criiiiiual.
fi^'i 範 a rule ； a pattern.
方 square ； a place ； direction; a recipe ； then (j>.q.,
ch i 卽)； just then ； at the same time.
方 式 square
方 格 chequers ； chequered.
方格式 a cheL{iiered muster.
方 圓 square and round ； size (of timber).
方 徑 the measurement of a square body (as square
beams).
方 向 the direction [of the compass].
方便 a convenience ； an advantage.
方 法 means ； plans.
方 伯 epistolary designation of ;i Fan-t'ai or Pro-
vincial Treasurer.
方 始 then ； but then ； then, and not sooner.
方冀 at the same time wishing.
fang 仿 (or 傲) like ； as ； to imitate.
仿 照 like; as; analogous with ； to follow ； to
conibrm to (as to a set of regulations) ； con-
formably with.
仿造 to imitate a pattern ； to construct according
to a pattern.
fang 妨 to hinder ； an impediment.
Mg 彷 like (二仿 ).
彷 彿 like ； for instance, if.
fang 房 a house ； a building ； a rooiu.
房 問 rooms ； houses.
房 科 an office.
f''"g 訪 to inquire.
^ ^ [ to inquire into.
訪 問 )
f<tng 訪確 to rt.scorUiin.
f 徵 if 防 i'> protect ； to j^iard against.
防碍 a himlnince ； a difficulty to be proviiJed
； it^ainst.
防 患 to guard against calamities.
防 範 to take protective measures.
防險號 ^i^'nals made to avoid danger ； fog signals.
防 不勝防 to take protective measures agaiiiAt
whut cannot be protected (said if there is no help
against running risks).
fang 放 to release.
放行 to release ； to let go.
放行單 ：t release permit.
放出 t(j release ； to let out.
放 錄 to fire a musket.
放職 to fire cannon ； to fire a gim.
放花 to let off fireworks.
放 to let off steam ； to blow the steuiii whistle.
藍光 to hmn a blue light.
放 欽 to give otf and concentrate a^^ain (as a fixed
and flashing light).
放手 to release one's h;imJt>, i.e., to stay ones
hand ； to leave off work.
放 心 to make one's mind easy ； also, to lose heart
fei 非 not; not to be, the opposite of shih (是) to \>q;
wrong.
但 亦 not only but jilso
非 止 not only.
非 常 uncommonly.
非 是 it is not so; not real; hollow. Cf. ahih 是 非-
非 分 what is not in harmony with one's duties ；
irregular ； improper.
非通商 口 岸華船 a Chinese vessel not [re*ji?-
tered at] a Treaty port. •
fei 扉 a door.
fei 排 to calumniate ； to slander.
fei 匪 banditti ； enemies ； not.
匪 類 robbers ； banditti.
fei 飛 to riys quick, as if flying.
飛 速 post haste ； speedily.
飛 報 to send immediate notice to; to senl a
Hying message.
飛 送 to send by courier.
飛 筆 quick writing.
fei B 巴 fat ； to fatten ； to enrich [oneself].
BE 已 to enrich oneself.
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/" m 土 rich suii.
m 鬼 Chinese swip.
/rt 廢 to wiistc ； to annul.
廢秦 to abandon.
廢 艇 wiuste paper ； documents cancelled.
磨 燈塔： m iibiindoncd lighthouse.
ft\ 费 o\|w.inliture ； a fee ； fees.
费 銀 expenses ； a fee.
费 項 expenses ； charges.
费 一 番枝節 an expense once made being
folio wit 1 liy many others.
费 事 vexation ； trouble.
5 解 not intelligible.
费 心 to cause trouble.
费 I}§ to waste one's time.
fin. 分 to divide; fractional (as in 三分之 ―, one
thirtl) ； to separate ； sepjirately ； respectively ； to
distribute. Before a verb it means that the action
of the verb is to be applied at different places, to
different objects, etc., respectively; a candareen
(the looth part of a tael) ； also, a tenth part of
anything ； a set (as of printed regulations) ； a copy
of a book, or of a document, of which several
copies have been made ； one's duty.
分 而爲二 to distinguish two kinds of.
分 IK 爲板 to saw into planks.
分 §3 to distinguish ； to enumerate in detail.
分明 to distinguish ； clearly.
分 別 to distinf,aiisli ； to separate.
分 別輕重 Uglit or heavy, as the case may be
(said of punishment).
分別 is 挂號 SB to exhibit distinguishing
Hagrs, 春
^ 1^ to discriminate.
分撥 to detach ； to keep separate.
分 派 to detail ； to detach (as for special duty).
分 派兩處 to send to two different places.
分散 to disperse ； to distribute.
分布 to distribute over; to spread over (as over
the country).
分 次 j^in order ； in rotation.
分 成 to distribute in portions.
分晰 淸楚 to clearly distinguish.
分 欽 according to categories.
分 類 to class; classified ； classed.
/en
fell
fm
• to order.
fell 分 守 to have the control of several administrative
districts respectively.
分 逝 to inspect several districts respectively (used
ill the title of a Taot'ai).
分巡道 an inspector of circuit ； a Taot'ai.
分 章 Immch rules ； byelaws ； local rules.
分 府 title of a sub-prefect.
分 a sub-magistrate.
分身 to absent oneself ； to stay away,
分 肥 to divert undue advantages to oneself.
份 a portion ； a share.
吩
吩咐 r
忿 anger ； hatred.
粉 flour ； powder ； cosmetics in powders.
粉 絲 vermicelli ； macaroni.
粉 飾 the "get-up" in packing goods ； ornamental
packing.
鋭 confused ； ill-assorted ； mottled ； the bustle of a
crowd.
粉 雜 mixed ； confused.
鋭 繁 manifold ； endless.
粉 粉效尤 uiany others will follow ； others will
claim what is allowed to a few.
fen 焚 to burn.
fen 墳 a grave.
墳墓 a grave ； a tomb.
fin 憤 zeal ； ardour ； anger.
fen 奮 impetuous ； to shake. ，
fen 冀 manure.
fmg 風 wind ； the spirit of; the habits of; usage;
custom.
風很 { wind and waves ； a heavy sea ； bad weather
風濤 i at sea. '
風签 a whistle.
風雨表 a barometer.
風 順 the wind being favom*able.
風 俗 local custom ； usage.
rumour ; news.
風聞 it is rumoured ； hearsay,
痕 insane; insanity ； paralysis.
丰 fine ； pleasing.
f— 蜂 a. bee.
蜂 蜜 honey.
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fliKj 峯 ； I peak.
f""j 蜂 a bee.
蜂 蜜 honey.
fmy 鋒 the point of a weapon ； the van of an army,
fing 逢 to meet ； to happen ； to come across ； whenever.
逢 迎 to go out to meet one, as in receiving a guest.
^ 關 to pass a Customs station.
逢 關納稅 5' 艮卡 抽 厘 to pay duty ut Custom
Houses and Ukiii taxes at Likin stations met on
the road, i.e., to pay ； ill inland taxes due en route.
Jtng 縫 to sew ； to mend.
fing 奉 to offer to; to receive (especially, to receive
from a superior ) ； before the title of a high
Government authority, denotes the doer of the
action implied iu the verb following ； to pay
obedience to.
奉勸 to offer one's advice to ； to warn.
奉旨 to have received an Imperial edict.
奉遵 to receive instructions.
奉行 to receive orders from a superior ； to act in
compliance [with instructions].
奉求 to request.
奉 PJ to receive (as from a high authority) ； to
have come to hand.
奉 到 憲 答' J to have received instmctions from
the authorities.
奉家 主之命 to receive orders from one's
master.
奉公 to be careful of Government interests.
^ ^ to respectfully nurse ； i.e., to bestow filial
care on one's parent.
奉天府 the prefecture of Feng-t*ien ； Manchuria.
奉錦 山海關 the territorial divisions of Feng-
fien-fu (fmg 奉)， Chin-chou-fu {chin 錦)， and
the Custom House at Shan-hai-kimn (山 海 關，
at the eastern terminus of the Great Wail), con-
stituting^ the administrative district of the Tao-
t'ai of Newchwang.
fing 捧 Government salaries.
捧 銀 salary.
fing 捧 to hold in both hands or claws (as the eagle on
Mexican dollars, holding a snake in one claw and
a twig of cactus in the other).
png 豐 rich ； affluent ； abundance.
豐年 a year of plenty ； a good harvest.
fing 封 to seal ； to envelop ； to close up ； to confer.
封 好 duly sealed ； after being sealed.
封 存 to keep under bond.
封 to rlose the Custom House.
封雕 to seal a boat by closing its hold with sealed
strips of paper piistcd over the hatch ca.
封 鋪 to seal a i^liop in bankruptcy.
封 皮 paper labels for scaling.
封 書 to seal ； I letter.
封 赛 an envelope,
封 印 to dose the otticc during holidays.
/ow 否 not : whether or not ； if not.
/<m 浮 to rioiit ； to be lijjtlit like puiuice-btone ； light;
idle ； frivolous ； a buoy ； buoys.
浮 石 puiuice-stone.
培 a port ； an anchorage.
夫 it workimin ； a coolie ； a husband.
夫 船 workmen and boats.
夫 役 porters ； coolies.
夫 婦 husband and wife.
/" 扶 to shield ； to accompany (as a coffin) ； to assist
扶 助 to assist
/w 甫 to begin ； first ； at first.
甫 臨近口 first just approaching a port ； when
arriving otf a port.
/" 辅 to aid ； to assist.
輔助 to assist.
輔弼 to assist (the Throne); a Minister of State.
fit 傅 to lay on ； an instructor.
傳 油 to apply oil.
fn 縛 to bind ； to tie.
縛舊 to fasten by binding.
fu 敷 to be sufficient for.
敷解 to remit the full amount contracted for (.is a
tax farmer remits to Government).
fu 俘 a prisoner of war ； to capture.
fu 弗 not ； it should not be.
fu 佛 like ； for example.
fu 拂 to oppose ； to thwart.
拂 逆 perverse ； obstinate.
fu 付 to give ； to deliver to ； to send ； to engage.
付 給 to hand over to ； to place in one's hands; to
tender (as payment).
付 搭便船 to charter a convenient ship ； to make
use (for cargo or passage) of a ship which happens
to be on the berth.
fn 附 to order.
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J 府 a liuu^e ； u store ； a palace; a prefecture, or
ilei>artiiient, of the first order ； a f".
府 城 prefectuRil tities.
府丞 11 Vice-Director in the Imperial Clan Court.
/" 條 to stoop down ； to condescend.
俯 伏 to fall prostrate.
念 to condescend to think of; to take into
c»-»n^uleratiou.
條 ' 念商艱 "、 kindly take into consideration our
(tlu- iiHTchants') difficulties.
J& 賜照冑 to favour one with a despatch (said
of :i suiHTiiH', or an ei|ual by way of civility).
flff 賜咨商 be pleased to write to and consult
with.
條他 商情 to look down with a pitiful heart on
nuToantile interests.
俯淮 to graciously permit : to grant.
^ to spoil ； to rot ； rotten.
/ ' 符 to agree ； to tally.
/" 險 to append ； to enclose ； a supplement ； near.
稱 紛 to Issue [a document] in an enclosure.
稱 有 there is enclosed (as in a letter or post;il
bag).
呈抄 案淸. 措 to append a fair copy of the
corresponds lice in a case.
附 & to forward as an enclosure (in a letter or
despatch).
附 賴 t') append ； u supplement.
附 |g un appendix.
附閱 t'、 learn from an enclosure (in u letter).
稱 搭 to take passage (in a ship).
附 近 near ； neighbouring ； the nearest.
/" 伏 to fall prostrate ； humble ; humbly ； to submit ；
respectfully.
伏希 to respectfully hope.
伏 祈 to hiuubly request.
伏乞 to humbly pray or petition ； to respectfully
retiuest.
伏 思 I hiimbly consider ； in my hiimble opinion.
厌 候 to respectfully wait.
伏 查 it is my humble opinion that ； in my hum-
ble opinion.
/'' ml] to assist ； assistant (in titles) ； deputy ； a set;
yets.
S'J 都統 a Lieutenant-General.
副 頭事官 a Vice-Consul.
Mi'J 稅務司 a Deputy Coimnissioner or Customs.
/'(
p'"
/«
/«
副 本 a duplicate copy.
幅 a strip of cloth ； a roll of silk.
幅 寬 the breadth of a flag.
{ig 地 ijd-ti、 in imitation of tbe English soun<l
" foot '■) a foot ； feet.
顧 Iiappiness ； prosperity.
顧 建 (fu-chien) the province of Fukien.
jpg 州 府 the prefecture of Foochow.
富 rich ； riches ； to enrich.
富 責 rich and influential ； wealthy.
I to fall prostrate.
腹 the bowels ； the stomach.
接 to double ； lined (as cloth).
復 again ； to reply ； to write in reply to a letter
previously received.
復行 to go again ； to continue a journey (after
having put into a port).
復行 下船 to re-ship ； to re-export.
復 [jS] 進口 to import again ； to re-import, ； is
native goods from another Treaty port.
復進 口半稅 coast trade duty.
復 人內地 to be taken on to the interior.
復 査 to re-examine.
復 者 I beg to inform you (said in reply to a
letter received).
復者 a reply ； in reply to your note I beg to say.
復 核可行 to reply that a matter may be canned
out ； to reply in the affirmative.
復 淨洋參 re-clarified foreign ginseng.
覆 again ； to and fro ； to examine.
覆奏 to memorialise again ； to refer (a mattfi)
back to the Throne ； to memorialise the Throne
in reply.
覆審 to re-investigate.
服 to swallow ； to submit to ： to agree ； to be wil-
ling ； clothes ； moiixning clothes,
服藥 to take medicine.
服 制 regulations for wearing mourning.
撫 to pacify. ,
撫 to soothe ； to pacify.
撫臺 1
撫院 /-the Governor of a province.
撫部院 j
撫 憲 His Excellency tbe Governor.
父 a father.
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/" 父 母 father and mother ； one's parents.
fif 斧 an axe ； a hatchet.
f" 签 a cooking-pan.
/', f{* to anuoimce the death of a friend.
/ " ^ to proceed to.
赴銀號 t(、 go to the bank.
赴者 to proceed to an examination.
赴命 to obey a call ； to follow nn invitation.
fii 負 to bear ； to carry on the back ； to turn the back
on ； to disregard.
負咎 to be in debt.
負債 to turn the back on ； to carry on the back.
負違 to oppose.
負 恩 I '、 be unEcratefiil.
負咎 to bear [the consequences of] an otfence ； to
be blamed for.
負 約 to disregard or break a Convention.
fv 賦 to exact ； to receive taxes.
賦 稅 taxes ； impost.
ft' 婦 a wile ； a married woman.
婦 女 women.
婦 子 wife and children.
H.
h" 哈 to laugh.
哈 棉'】 呢 (Jia-la-ni, also read ka-la-ni) Russian
cloth.
哈 外意國 (ha-wai-i-hw) Hawaii ； Hawaiian.
孩 a child.
hfn' 海 the sea ； maritime.
海 菜 agar-agar ； seaweed.
海 帶 seaweed.
海 參 bicho de mar.
海 馬 the sea-horse ； the seal; the Hippocampus.
海馬牙 sea-horse teeth.
海 驟 the beaver.
海 驟 皮 beaver skins.
海 龍 the sea-otter.
海龍皮 sea-otter skins.
海 濱 the sea-coast.
海口 fi seaport.
海 島 an island.
海關 a maritime Custom House.
海 關紋銀 1 麵 silver in which the Customs
duties are to be paid ； Haikwan sycee.
itai 海 關監督 a Superintendent of Customs.
海 關馬頭 the Customs Jetty.
海道圖 ：i Hen chart ； Chinese charts puUisbtMi
h\ Kian-rnan Arsenal.
海 i 貧圖説 sailing directions ； text expianutory
of .sea charts.
海 |?S the protection of the sea-const ； pertaining t<»
iiiitritime matters.
海防 兵備道 a Taot(ai with military authority
:md chavf^anl with coast defence ； title of the Tao-
V:v[ a I Shanghiii.
f§ p;5 ^ a hai-fang-lHng, i.e., a magistrate in
certain maritime districts, e.g., at Amoy.
海 防同知 a maritime sub-prefect.
海^; ^應局 the " Coast Defence Office"
Tientsin.
海防 經費 the current expenses for the main-
tenance of coast defences ； a tax levied tn defray
such expenses ； the hai-fang tax.
海防 膏籠商 A ;' mercantile firm to whom
the hci-fang (coast defence) and kao-H (opium
boiling) taxes in Kwangtung were farmed out in
1880,
海防 水利驛 II 事務 "latters pertaining t"
cn；^^^t defence, tisheries, post and salt administra-
tion.
海 澄 S?、 the district of Hai-ch*ong, near Amoy.
海 珠礮臺 l>utch Folly (:i fort in the Canton
river).
hai 害 to injure ； injury.
hail 罕 rare ； few.
han 旱 dry ； a drought.
旱 傘 parasols.
han 函 ； I cover ； a letter.
函 件 I a letter; letters.
函信 I
函稱 to state in a letter.
函達 to inform by letter.
函致 to write to ； to give notice to in writing.
函 詢 to inquire by letter.
函 請核示 to apply for instructions by iettei-.
函 商核奪 to consider by correspondence anH
decide.
han 含 to cherish ； to hold in the mouth.
含混 to encourage confusion ； to be negligent
about matters.
horn 寒 cold ； poor.
寒暑表 a thermometer.
han 韓 name of an ancient feudal state.
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han
han
/"I H
han
han
hang
hang
hao
fuio
hao
iiao
韓 江 till* Han river, near Swatow,
翁 ;i ； rt pencil ； somethinf^ written ； a letter.
雜 林院 the Hanlin College.
喊 to vociferate; to cull.
0^1 追 to call out and pursue (as in chasing a thief).
據 t" move ； to shake.
漢 Chinese ； the Han river, near Hankow ； Hankow.
漢入； I Chinese,
}|| ( 'liinese writing ； in Chinese.
漢 洋兩文 in Chinese and foreign writing.
漢 軍 the Chinese portion of the army called
hiinner troops.
漢 口 Hankow.
漢號" Hankow tinn.
漢黃德 the three departments of H;in-yang-fu
擒 hint), Iluang-chou-fu (黃 h 編 i(f). and Te-
an-fu (德 te), forming the circuit in cliarge of the
Taot'ai at Hankow.
諾威 (h(in-no-wei) Hanover; Hanoverian.
漢謝城 (han-ksiek ch^ing) the Hanse towns in
Cienimny.
杭
■ Hang-chou-fu m Chekiang.
杭州 i
行 a hong ； a firm ； a row ； a series. Cf. hsing 行，
to go.
行 名 the name of a firm.
行商 ：i foreign merchant ； a resident merchant.
行 主 the head of a firm.
行 家 the hong people ； merchants ； firms.
行 接 houg antl godowns ； a mercantile establish-
ment ； warehouses.
毫 a hair ； a tritie.
毫 醉疑議 there is not the slightest doubt. Cf.
P'"!' it 杀-
毫 無異議 not to differ in the least in one's
opiiiidu ； to Uf^ree in every respect.
毫 無更改 not to make the slightest change.
毫 覽 a h:dr，s breadth ； the least portion of.
豪 brave ； martial.
a ditch.
耗 waste ； to waste ； to dimmish ； to lose.
耗輕銀 waste silver.
耗 擎 the cost of the waste silver or of the under-
weight found when extracting pure from impure
silver ； to waste.
hao 號 ； I number; a tii'iu ； ； i bank ； registered mark or
sij^Ti ； to .scream ; to call ； to style.
號數 ：!■ registered number.
號 IE signals.
號 船 registered boats ； boats used as navit^ation
marks ； lightships.
號照 a certificate of registry,
號商 ：i licensed merchant.
號 衣 a livery ； a soldier's uniform.
號 收 a bank receipt (for payment of duty).
hao 鶴 a stork ； a crane.
hao 好 good. After verbs, denotes that the action of
the verb is finished ； hence, a sign of the past.
To like ； to be addicted to.
好
advantages ； benefit.
hei
黑
black.
胡 椒 black pepper.
裏 black dates.
黑
海 參 Wack bicho de mar.
里
裙、 翅 black sharks' fins.
里
塊 plumbago.
黑
龍 江 (hei-Iung-chiang) the Amonr river.
hm
i
very ； extremely.
hen
恨
anger ； resentment ； to hate.
keng
享
to persevere ； persevering.
king
衡
；[ balance ； to weigh ； to judge.
衡
平 a pair of scales.
衡
>f 青 to judge of the circumstances.
king
橫
cross -wise ； horizontal.
橫
木 a cross-beam ； a boom.
橫
徑 the warp of a texture.
m
線 horizontal stripes (painted on the Duter
king
ho
horizontal bands.
face of navigation marks).
橫 線 相 間
m 間
橫 梁 cross-beams.
橫 逆 perverse ； obstinate.
'1 旦 constantly.
恒 產 a patriiuony ； property ； income.
易 why ； wherefore ； what.
易 故 for what reason '？
易 其有極 why should it i-ome to this? why
should he come to his death I
易勝 (= 不 勝) how coulcl it equals
equal to ； inexpressibly ； highly.
not
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易 勝欣躍 I shall be extremely delighted.
易 勝感戴 I 纖 deeply indebted for.
ho 河 ii river.
河岸 a river's bank.
河 口 the mouth of a river.
河 面 the river surface ； on the river.
河泊所 an inspector of river police.
河 南 tlie province of Honan.
河間府 the prefecture of Ho-chien, in Chihli.
hn 何 what; which; (= jpf 以〉 why; ho、v.
何處 at which place ？ where ； whether at any place.
何 時 :it what time ？ at which time ？ at that time ；
"J., 何' 時' 起 3 貨' 卽 5 何 6 W 照 S m
sghih, lit which time, ^rhH Vmo, the tjoods are
landed, h^h then, o 'sliih, at that time, hhao
^na, the duty is paid : i.e., " tlie duties (or dues)
are due at the time when goods are landed.'"
何日 on what date ？
何 敌 what reason ？ why.
何 事 v>-]iat matter ？ what business ？
何 國人 of what nationality ？
何姓名 of what name ?
何敢冒 }寶 how could I dare to be disrespectful?
何得又 更活價 how can the value be changed
again ？
何 至如此 why should we go so far?
何 以 what by ？ by what means ？ wherefore. Cf.
shih t JLU thereby ； therefore.
荷 the lotus or water-lily ； to be obliged for.
荷蘭國 } Mau'lcno) Holland; the Nether-
荷 蘭 ^ lands ； Dutch.
ho 禾 grain ； crops.
禾 米 paddy.
禾 泰 millet.
ho 和 harmony ； to harmonise.
和好 to conclude friendship ； peace and friendship.
和 睦 friendly ； friendship.
和 U friendly feelings.
和尙； 1 Buddhist priest.
ft $S 親王 a prince of the ist order.
ho 合 to unite ； duly ； to accord with ； to unite ； in
all ； total.
合 宜 justifiable ； fit ； proper.
合 亟 promptly ； duly ； with the proper despatch.
1w
ho
ho
ho
合 併 '•"'y expose ； duly; properly.
合 併 聲 明 t。 duly state ； the above is hereby
"Hicialiy stated.
合. 再聲明 it is duly fiirtlior stated (if nn ad-
山 statement is made).
合 就 <luly.
合 WL 115 知 to duly inform.
合就照 to forward in due course.
合 fr 備文 t') duly write a despatch.
合 式 according to pattern ； in proper shape.
合 親 矩 according to usage.
合 意 according to one's opinion.
合同 to make ； i contract ； a contract.
合 局 partnership in trade.
合會 to form a society or guild.
合共 a gq'and total ； the total of several totals
united.
合算 to add up.
合 衆 all present ； public (as a public examination);
united.
舍衆國 the United States.
合一國 the United Principalities.
盒 a small box ； a box (as of matches) ； a canister.
闔 all ； the whole.
聞 家 the whole family.
核 a kernel ； a walnut ； to examine ； often preceding
verbs involving the meaning of a mental exertion.
核 t:
a fruit kernel.
核 桃 the walnut.
核 計 i,
核算
核 算淸單 a table for calculation or conversion.
核 力 li to add ； to calculate the additional
核 明 to examine carefully.
核 查 to examine ； to recall facts.
核議 to consider ； to consult.
核不 ti) give a decision.
核定 to decide upon ； to ascertain.
核 奪 to examine and decide ； to ascertain.
梭 斷 t" decide a case ； to finish a calculation.
核 准 to examine into and allow ； i.e., to take a
petition into favourable consideration ； to permit.
核 對 to examine and compare : to pass (as an
account).
to examine and add up ； to calculate.
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'"' 核 知 to know ； to be satistitnl as to the con-ect-
nt'ss i»f.
核 估 [•) estimate ； to assess.
核估 煩 to calculate the niarlu-t value of an
核 辦 I" transact business.
核 錯 to discover a mistake.
It" 嚴 t" verily.
展査 to investigate.
展験 to verify.
液對 to compare,
簽 定 to ascertain.
赫 lilazing; luminous ； bright ； great reputation.
絡 a lnulger.
1^ S 接 皮 nicoon skins.
ho 贺 tu eonj^'rutulatt'.
賀 勞 to reward merit.
賀 壽 birthday congratulation.
hou 侯 )
侯爺 i
hou 喉 the throat ； a narrow passage.
hou 候 to wait ； to wait upon ； to expect ； time.
候驗 to await exam mat ion.
m I
― to await exauiiuatiou or trial.
候質 >
候結 to await the termination of a trial.
候 示 to await a reply or a decision,
m 驚 I await you.
候 缺 tu wait for :i vacancy.
候 铺 to wait to till a vacancy ； " expectant " (as
an Expectant Taot(ai).
候铺道 JMi Expectant Taot'ai.
hou 厚 thick ； thickness ； liberal.
厚 薄 thickness (as a relative term).
厚祿 a liberal salary.
厚 恩 great kindness.
厚 待 to treat liberally.
AfM 後 after; behind.
後 日 on a future day ； the day after to-uion-ow.
後 來 hereafter.
後 輩 .liter generations ； posterity ； riuccessors.
後 續 snpplomentary.
後 侮 to repent.
hou 後 面 behind ； astern (of a ship).
後 開 euuiiierated hereafter ； under-mentioned. •
後據 an extended protest.
hou 后 a ruler ； a sovereign ； a queen.
hsi 西 west ； western.
西 A a European.
西 薩 western calendar ； according to the; tbreign
calendar.
西 洋 the western sea ； European ； foreign,
西洋國 Portugal.
西 藏 Thibet.
hsi 息 interest (on money) ； to stop.
息 業 to put a stop to one's business.
hsi 晰 explicit ； clear ； to distinguish.
hsi 希 to hope ； few ； rare.
希 冀 to desire.
希 首青 to request ； to beg to request.
希 卽 酌 量情形 please consider the eii-cum-
stunces and decide.
希 即轉移 I shall be obliged by your communi-
cating the contents of my letter to
希望 to look forward to ； to hope.
希園 to hope ； to anticipate ； hoping that,
希 圖偷漏 to intend a fraud ou the revenue
希 國 Greece ； Greek. *
hsi 稀 tew ； rare.
稀 少 very little ； very rare.
稀 罕 騰'
稀装' 婆布 muslins.
hsi 係 to be; it is that ； this is; (= 關係) to be
connected with ； to be the essence of ； con-
sequences.
hsi 奚 how ； why ； what. ；.
hsi 鬚 to bind up ； to fasten. 巧 .
hsi 喜 pleasure ； joy; glad.
hsi 習 to practise ； expert.
hsi 戲 theatricals ； to play.
hsi 昔 formerly.
昔年 in former years.
昔 日 in former days ； formerly.
hsi 惜 to pity ； to spare.
hsi 夕 the evening ； in the evenin.L!'.
hd 摘 to lead.
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I'" 摘 帶 to take along with one.
摘同 to curry with one ； to be accompanied by.
搞 去 to take away.
徙 to shift ； to remove.
厚 the rhmoceros.
扉 角 rhinoceros horns.
庫 皮 rhinoceros hides.
席 M mat ； a. repast.
"；' M } , , .
^ _ (■ a mat : mats.
簾子、
l"i 悉 to know ； all ； fully.
悉 lif^ with one's whole heart ； attentively.
襲 to inherit ； hereditary,
襲 爵 hereditary rank ； nobility.
襲 恩 to receive favour.
洗 t o wash ； to cleanse.
/'." 迄 till; to reach.
迄 今 till the present ； up to the present.
迄未 （ = 迄 今末） not as yet.
I' si 錫 tin.
錫 i 蓴 條 tin, in slabs.
錫 器 tinware.
錫 箔 tiii-foil.
1^ to address an inferior ； to issue a summons.
/'." 細 tine ； detailed.
細驗 to examine in detail.
細 數 detailed figures.
細磁器 fine chinaware.
細夏布 tine grasscloth.
細 斜紋布 jeans.
細赛扇 trimmed palm-leaf fans.
細藤布 linen goods ； fine linen ； Irish or Scotch
linen.
細 絲 sycee silver.
暇 disengaged ； leisure.
暇 crabs.
暇 米 dried shrimps ； dried prawns.
遞 distant ； advanced in years.
5^ 齡 to become very old ； old age.
/"m 瞎 blind; ignorant ； false.
hsia 轄 to rule over ； to govern ； to be under thejule or
government of.
(g a chest; a box.
hsia 夏 summer.
夏 間 during the summer time.
夏 季 the Slimmer season.
夏 布 ^Tiissclotli.
5 j'S 擎 (hsia-wan-na; in Cantonese, ha-wan-na)
Havana. '
/i^ 厦 （= 厦門 hsia-mCa) Amoy.
廈 關 the Amoy Customs.
厦 防分府 the Magistrate of Ainoy.
hsia 下 below ； inferior ； the lowest of two or three
qualities ； a modest term for "1，" "me ，：' " my, "
etc. ； to descend ； after ;i verb it may corrt'spond
to colloquial 了 (liao) or 過 {kuo\ denoting the
past tense ； to ship ； to export.
下 旬 the last (third) decade of a 】iiontli ； i.' ., the
days from the 2oth to the 30th.
下等' 械 inferior Spanish stripes.
下 燕 ^ l)ircLs' nests, 3rd quality.
下冰 refuse camphor baroo.s.
下等參 crude ginseng.
下錢 to lower the anchors ； to anchor.
下識 《^ to pay out [anchor] chain.
下 霧 mist falling.
下船 to ship ； to disembark.
下入 to ship (by such and such a vessel).
下入船 to ship.
下 載 to ship ； to export.
下 齊貨物 to have shipped all the goods; to
have completed loading.
下貨單 a shipping order.
下 貨 [淮] 單 a permit to ship.
下 段 the lower limit (as of a harbour).
下 游 down the river.
下午 in the afternoon.
下 情 the facts stated by me, the inferior.
k&ia 洽 to harmonise with.
hsiang 相 mutual ； each other ； reciprocal ； with ； to assist;
to watch the time for ； to look at.
相離 to take the one away from the other.
相待 to treat each other ； imitual treatment ； to
treat.
相度 to consider the steps to be taken ； to adopt
the proper means.
相商 to consult about a uiiitter.
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minister of state,
prime minister.
n happen to one (as an accident).
pportunity ； according to cir-
.seize an
accor(
opp
fdiiij
,g to requirements.
hnang 相 見 ：i" interview,
扣 交 to imitimlly ^v*、 ： to :is、ru'i:ih'.
相 近 m'ar.
相 符 agree; to tally ； to correspond
相 左 not to .suit ； to disagree.
相 邀 to invito.
相 % to a -、、 i《
相 公
相 國
相 遇
相 機
cuiMsiauces ：
相 應 <lHly.
相 宜 what is proper ； right ； in order.
相 間 painted in stripes or bands.
相 若 similar ； alike.
相 同 identical ； the same as ； analogous with.
相 距 distant from.
相 對 opposite ； vis-a-vis,
相 隔一日 a difference in time of one day.
hsiang 想 to think ； to consider.
# ^ )
'*^、 / to consider ； to reflect ； to think.
想 思 f
想望 to expect.
hsiaiuf 箱 a box.
箱 隻 boxes.
箱 包 cases and packages.
香 incense ； aromatic drugs ； fragrant.
香 水 fratrivant water : perfumery.
香 菌 mushrooms.
香柴
香木
香 料 perfumery.
香 \fy scented oil; sweet oil.
香牛皮 Russia leather.
香 港 Hongkong.
鄉 a village ； a community consisting of a number
of villages.
鄉 衬 a village.
鄉長 a village elder.
鄉 紳 a country gentleman.
鄉 試 the triennial, or provincial, examinations.
hsiang
' fragrant-wood.
hsiang
hsiang
hsiang
hsiang
hsiang
hsiang
hsiang
hsia/ng
hsiang
hsiang
録 a little while ； formerly ； recently.
響 sound ； noise ； rumour.
徵 to lead to ； towards.
錢 to inlay ； to enclose : to border (as a figure on a
Hag).
鐘藍旗 one of the eight banners of Imperial
troops ； "the " Bordered Blue Banner,"
库 ：i school ； a provincial graduate.
祥 an auspicious omen ； happiness.
詳 to state in detail ； to report carefully.
言羊 稱 to report to a superior.
詳 錄 to state in detail.
言羊 ifffl to report in detail ； to state particulars in
detail.
詳 細 載 明 to give an accurate, detuikd account.
詳 細 查 覆 to reply in detail.
詳察 to examine in detail.
詳 文 ：、u official report.
詳 咨 to report details.
詳截 to state ； to enumerate.
詳明 to explain.
詳 言 B to take careful notice.
5 攀 分 to distinguish.
詳 訂 to clearly define.
詳 問 to ask the real facts ； to inquire about
details.
詳 閱 to take careM notice of; to re:\d carefully.
詳 悉 to know clearly ； a clear account.
詳知 to inform minutely.
詳 祈 to request respectfully.
詳 慎 very carefully.
詳 加核對 to compare carefully.
降 to submit ； to cause to submit. Cf. chianti 降,
to descend.
降 服
降伏
向 hitherto ； towards ； to proceed to ； a preposition
placed before nouns denoting the object of verbs
meaning to ask, to say, to give, etc., e.g.. 向' 子-
口 3 呈 4 單 5， ^ch'cng Han, to hand a document.
hsiang', to, -tzu-^tou, the barrier office.
向 來 heretofore ； hitherto.
向 常 according to the routLne hitherto observed ；
in the ordinary way ； ordinarily.
向 例 according to the rule hitherto in force.
；" to submit.
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hdang
hsianfj
h slang
hsiao
向 南 facing the south ； iu a southerly direction.
向南二 十度西 S. 20。 W.
向 海外面 towards the sea ； seaward.
向 上 turned upwards ； upwards,
fijpj taxes ； duties.
f 向 ^ a receipt for taxes? ； a duty receipt .
f|pj 銀 taxes ； commissariat funds.
輪 罕 a standard weight of sycee silver used
paying duties at Paklioi.
享 to enjoy.
象 an elephant.
象 牙 elephants' teeth ； ivory.
象牙碎 broken elephants' teeth.
象牙器 ivoryware.
像 resembling; like; to imitate.
項 kind ； item ； funds ； moneys ； the neck.
巷 a lane ； a street.
]
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
small.
山 a hillock : a mound.
船 a small buat ； a gig ； a sampan.
輸 船 a steam-launch ； a tug-boat.
guard-boats.
官 petty officers.
民 the common people.
夥百 f a writer; a clerk (as in a bank).
燈 a lantern.
寫 small writing ； small text.
心 to take care.
行 "the small firm;" a modest term for "I"
Ave," used by merchants in petitions.
'J、 械 Hannel.
呢 cassiineres ； narrow cloth.
ij、 羽 緩 imitation Orleans.
原 布 T-cloths (the smaller size).
洋藥，
土 '
麥 wheat.
呂 宋 the Philippines,
宵 night ； at night.
消 to melt ； to thaw.
消 化 to dissolve ； to melt.
貨 to sell, or distribute, goods.
微 saltpetre.
- Malwa opium.
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsiao
hsieh
hsieh
hsieh
hsieh
hsieh
5 &、 ？ it .saltpetre ； sulphur and brunslone.
銷 { = 消) to melt ； to sell out ； to cancel.
銷 售 to sell off; to sell.
銷 路 circulation of goods ； the ranj^e of sale.
銷 您 to destroy by fire ； to tjinei'l l>y buminj;.
削 to cut ； to pare.
削 職 to degrade ； to disuiiss from ortice.
削 字 to eugravc characters.
削 她 to seize territory.
曉 to make known ； light ； clear.
曉 諭 for the information of everybody ； to infonii
hy [iroclamation.
曉 布 to make known by proclamation.
蕭 poor ； indigent.
鳥 an owl ； to expose the hoad of a decapitated
criminal.
孝 filial piet}' ； the period of inournin»^ tor a parent.
孝 服 luourning clothes.
孝 滿 the expiration of the periorl of mourning for
ii parent.
學 to learn.
學生 an apprentice ； an unpaid assistant (as in a
firm or bank).
學 徒 an apprentice.
笑 to laugh ； to ridicule.
効
？力力
効勞 to exert one's strength ； to work for.
効功 to work for merit ； meritorious exertion.
效 to imitate ； to do as others do.
效尤 to excel the pattern (as in doing evil)
(Williams) ； to imitate a liad example ； to do
what others do.
歇 to desist ； to leave oft:
敬 工 to stop work.
廣 trifling ； troublesome.
斜 oblique ； sloping.
斜 長 diagonal length.
斜 紋 布 drills ； jeans.
鞋 shoes.
協 harmony ； to assist ； a subdivision of a chin (尊)
or brigade ； a regiment under the oomuiand of
hsich-f'ai or colonel.
協 鎮 the commandant of a gaiTison ； an assistant
rhcn-tUii or brigadier-geuei-al ； a colonel.
1^ 領 II military title (colonel).
- to exert oneself.
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hit if h
h-au'h
h$ien
hsien
h <i* II
hstien
協 pn fl? havinj; the rank of a hmh-Hng (colonel).
^ 辦 ioas.sUt : :i" M"i、t:tnt (as au Assistant Grand
SetTotiiry).
12 同 to assist in ： t" act toujoiiitly.
脊 ( = to aid ； to yield ； to submit.
從 to submit to following.
和 biul ； vicious ； illegal ； obscene.
IIS See hsi.
寫 to writo.
贫 立憑罩 to tlmw up a certificate.
寫 立 Hi 契 to draw up a deed of sale.
泄 to ooze out ； to leak.
泄露 to leak out, as a secret : to reveal ； to
disclose.
謝 to thank.
謝 恩 to be thankful for favours.
卸 to unload ； to lay down (as an office).
卸 寶 t<i land [goods] for sale.
ftp 載貨物 to Hischarfre and take in cargo.
卸 事 to give up an atlair ； to resign office.
卸 印 to resi^m office.
先 first ； beforehand ； before.
先 § to issue beforehand.
先 行知照 to give official notice beforehand.
先 期聲明 to make a declaration beforehand ；
to give due notice.
先 期 at an early time ； in good time.
先^ # 艮明 to give timely notice.
先 行試辦 to put into operation as a provisional
luensure.
先批 a deceased mother.
先 者 a deceased father.
先 後 before and after; about ； repeatedly.
先 世 former generations.
仙 ； if'iiii; fairies.
1山 >|X the fairy ride, 么 €.， death ； to die.
掀 lo lift ； to raise up.
險 danger; risk ； dangerous.
險處 ：i dangerous place ； a difficulty.
險 阻 an obstacle.
險船 a vessel in distress.
鮮 trcsh, as opposed to preserved.
鮮 ^ fresh fish.
hskn 鮮 菜 fresh vegetables.
鮮賴 雜貨店 a shop in which fresh and pre
served victuals and sundries are sold.
hsim 嫌 dislike ： to reject.
hsien 遷 Siain.
羅 國 (hsicn-lo-kno ) Siam ； Siamese.
hsien 閒 leisure ； idle.
間 A idle people ； vagrants.
hsien 閑 to guard against ； to bar ； without occupation.
. 閑人 （= 閒 A) idlers.
hsien 鋼 accouiplished ； skilled in.
hsien 咸 all ； the whole of ； gives a preceding noun plural
force.
咸 豐 the period of the reign Hsien Fe>g (A.D.
1851-62).
hsien 驗 saltish ； salted.
M 魚 salt fish.
hsien 銜 rank ； brevet rank ； to control,
/men 賢 virtuous ； wise.
賢 真 iflpl the Temple of Wisdom and (.xoodne-ss.
hsien 顯 obviout;. ： conspicuous ； illustrious (as a deceased
hero whose example is always conspicuous
amongst the living generation).
顯 明 conspicuous.
hsien 陷 to fall into.
陷坑 to foil into a pit.
陷罪 to be involved in crime.
hsien 獻 to offer up (as tribute) ； to present to.
hsien 線 thread ； wire ； a line drawn.
hsien 現 now ； ready ； apparent.
現經； now having ； now being ； sign of the perfect
現 巳 i tense. 、
現 已撒雜 having been cancelled ； cancelled.
現 特 the present time ； present.
現今)
現 在 ？ -now.
現下 J
現 往 about to proceed to.
現 成 ready-made ； ready.
現 銀 ready money ； cash.
hsien 縣 a magistracy ； a district.
縣 署 a district magistrate's office.
艇 丞 an assistant magistrate.
hsien 羡 to covet ； to admire.
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憲 an official above the 4th rank ； official authorities.
憲 台 I (honorary title given to high officials) Your
憲臺 j Excellency ； Your Honour ； you.
憲 禾 L» a despatch or instructions from the authori-
ties.
憲 恩 Your Honour's favour.
憲 禁 prohibited by the authorities.
憲 書 an official calendar.
/''"V" 卿 to iiohl in the mouth.
卿 怨 to harbour resentment.
卿 結 au allusion to an okl saying, 啣環 結草，
" to curry in one's mouth the ring and the straw
of bondage," as a sign of being never ungrateful ；
to be bound to ； to be in bondage.
/'.、"'〃 限 a limit ； to limit ； to regard as u limit ； hence,
us a preposition, "on (such and such :i day), as
a limit."
限 期 a limit ; limited.
限度 a restriction.
限 制 restriction ; restraint.
P 良 内 within the limit.
限至 ij 口 日 on the date of arrival in port ； i.e.,
neither sooner nor later than on date of arrival.
P 良以 二日 within three days' time.
錢 (= 線) thread ； wire.
/'.、•!," 心 I lie heart : intention ； mind ； the centre.
心 性 one's disposition ； temper.
心 頒 to he indebted for; Kt., received and kept
by one's heart.
"ill 辛 bitter ； acrid ； grievous.
辛 苦 bitterness ； grief ； affliction.
h4n 0Ff morning ； day.
听 宵 day and night ； at all times.
/""/ 欣 (or »[ff) delighted ； happy ； joy; pleasure.
欣 躍 to be delighted.
欣 悅 to rejoice.
欣簡 I am glad to hear that.
/""( 新 new ； newly ； lately ； fresh.
新 關 the new, i.e. j the Foreign, Customs, as opposed
to ch'anfj kuan (常 關) or ck'ao kuau (錢 關)，
the Native Customs.
新鈔兩 關 the Foreign and Native Customs.
新 月 the new moon.
新洋藥 Benares opium.
新 式 new pattern ； new style.
newly made.
. salary ； salaries ； official emoluments.
/m'» 新式 洋錢； I new pattern foreign coin.
新 節 the new year; the feast of lanterns.
新 年 the new year.
新造/
新 製、'
新 出 newly issued.
新 近 recently.
新 到 newly arrived ； just imported.
新 問 news ； tidings.
新聞紙 it newspaper.
新 派 to appoint.
新 授 liaving lately received (as a post).
新 定 newly fixed ； lately settled upon.
新定稅 則 the new Tariff.
新 爲領換 之執照 a new certificate exchanged
. for an old one.
新金山 Austnilia ； lit,, new California.
新加坡 (hdn-kia-po) Singapore.
hsin 薪 fuel ； firewood.
薪 水）
薪俸 i'
hsin 信 a letter ； to trust ； to believe ； true ； reliable ； a
seal (as a sign of belief or trust).
信差 a letter-carrier ； a courier.
信袋 a letter-bag.
信封 an envelope.
信局 a postal agency.
信據 a guarantee.
信 實 authenticity ； sincere.
信 息 news,
信 石 arsenic.
hsing 幸 fortunately ； to rejoice at ； to hope for ； please ；
you are requested to.
幸 勿 please do not ； you are requested not to.
幸 勿有緩 I hope there will be no delay ； " at
your earliest convenience."
hsing ^ servile.
hsing 姓 a surname ； a family name.
姓 名 the surname and personal name ； the full
name of a person.
hsing 性 nature ； character ； disposition.
性 理 natural disposition.
性 情 personal conduct.
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hfitittf 星 .1 、tiir; a spiirk.
星 宿 till' stnrs ； the constellations.
星 3[ 'in observatory.
星 羅 >oattere<l about like sUirs.
knuff 醒 stench ； mncid ； raw meat.
h^*>g 與 to arise ； to raise ； rioiirishin«i.
典工 to commence work.
興 辦 t'l put into operation.
興 6? t" nourish (as trade).
舆旺 t" prosper.
奥泉永 the three departments of Hsing-hua-fu
(奠 hsing), Ch-iian-cliou-fu (泉 ch'uan)^ and
Yun 乂 -ch'im-cliou (永 y 画力， forming the circuit
in chai f^'c uf the Taot'ai at Anioy.
形 shape ； form ； to describe ； description.
形似 to purport ； to amount to (in sense).
刑 punishment ； to punish.
刑 to punish.
刑 問 to examine by torture.
刑 pf) t he Board of Punishments.
h'sing 行 to go; to cause to; to do ； placed l)etbre verbs
to denote action ； to work (as to load und unload).
Of. hang 行， a hong.
行走 to walk ； pedestrians ； to go (in and out) ；
"m' who j^oes in and out at an office in order to
karn its routine, without being an actual member ；
an associate ； a supernumerary ； to act in another
function in addition to one's own duties ； to
officiate ； to do duty as.
行 寓 ； I temporary residencf while on ； i journey.
ft A ； I traveller.
行商； 1 travelling merchant.
行 市 commercial usage.
行 李 ""-r^ge; baggage.
打 船正路 the si lips' channel (in a river or near
the n last).
行 知 to inform (an inferior) in a despatch.
行文 tn \vr\te to.
行文失 U 照 to inform oHidally ； to inform in a
despatch.
1^ to sail.
行准 to receive (as a despatch).
hsing 杏 almonds ； pliuus.
杏 仁 almonds ； apricot seeds.
hsin 休 to stop ； to cease.
休 息 to stop (for rest after work).
/m'w 羞 to be aslumied ； shame.
羞恥 to be ashamed.
fisiu 修 to repair ； to regulate.
修 造 to repair.
整 to repair ： to mend.
修 改 to repair ； to alter : to amend ； to revise.
修 改 稅 則 to revise a Customs Tariff.
修 铺 to amend.
修 船雜物 dock stores.'
修 廠 a dock.
修書 to compose a letter carefully.
修志局 a commission for preparing a new edition
of the provincial, etc., archives {chih 志).
修燈 to trim a light.
hdu 宿 ：i night ； to rest ； fonnerly ； old.
宿 怨 au old resentment.
hsiu 朽 to rot ； rotten.
hsin 秀 elegant ； beautiful.
秀 才 the Hsiu-ts^ai literary degree.
hsiu '儘 to embroider ； embroideries.
U 貨 embroidered goods ； articles dc tapisserie.
hsiu 铀 a sleeve.
hsiung 兄 an elder brother ； as a term of respect, "you.:'
兄 台 an elder brother ； " you."
兄 弟 a younger brother ； "I."
hsiung 凶 adversity ； inauspicious.
hsiung a murderer ； a criminal ； cruel.
52) JB a criminal guilty of a capital crime ； ； i imir-
derei'.
■5S 夢各犯 murderers and [other] important
criminals.
hsiung '；匈 a, great rush of water ； a heavy sea,
询 湧 the rushing of waves in a heavy sea.
hsiuyig 胸 the breast ； fig., the mind.
7isiZ 胥 interior clerks ； all ； altogether.
胥 吏 yaiiien writers ； shupan.
胥 役 yaiuen imderlings ； writers.
胥 皆 all ; equally.
hsu 虚 empty.
虚 瘦 to make a fictitious report.
虚 憑 to suspend in the empty space; " tn pay
over the left shoulder."
hsil 須 mu.st ； necessary.
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hsii
Its 11
hsi'
b.s/i
hsi'
ha 1 1
H"
yell
ha I "I
須至總 單者" a carcfo certificate which must
be despatched'" (至 = ?(X 達， to send?), a con-
cluding phrase used to prevent unauthorised
additions, but, owii3g to its antiquated form, it is
difficult to e\]il;iin.
須 至照會 者 "a necessary de.spatcli."
須 用 necessaries.
鬚 a beard ； fine (hairy) ginseng.
鄭 (w 恤) rewMi'ds bestowed on the families of
deceased \\\^h ofticials ； to pity ； to commiserate ；
to symp;ithise with ； to befriend.
赚 典 regulations for bestowing posthumous hon-
ours,
ifiP 商 to facilitate trade.
需 it is required ； to use.
需 用經費 current expenses for oiie'^ main-
tenauce.
戌 the eleventh of the twelve branches ； applied to
time, the eleventh Chinese hour of the day, i.e.,
about 7 to 9 P.M.
1. 畜 to feed ； to nourish. Cf. ch、" 畜， domestic
) animals.
畜養 to nourish ； to support.
許 to allow ； to be allowed ； it is allowed to ； to
promise.
魄 a small rocky island.
叙 to converse.
序 to follow in order ； series.
緒 a thread ； a clue ； the commencement.
續 to continue to; continuous ； additional ； supple-
mentary ； to renew.
續增 to accumulate.
績 假 extension of leave.
續 添 supplementary ； additional.
續 議 additionally agreed upon.
續修 to revise ； revised ； supplementary.
續 修條約 I
續約
f 寳 購書藉 to buy additional books.
續 |i 貝之費 the expenses of issuing again ； a fee
for renewing a license.
U [fl to supply oil to a light.
絮 refuse cotton or silk.
譯 brilliant ； being a forbidden character, should be
written {hs 'd, yti, or yeh), the last stroke of the
full character being omitted.
旋 to revolve ； to come back to ； then ； forthwith,
旋轉 to revolve.
hmian
hsiia,n
> a Supplementary Convention.
hsilan
hsilan
hsuan
ksiieh
hsueh
hs'mh
hsiieh
hsiin
hsiln
hsiiti
hsit
旋 里 tn return to one's home.
旋 ill iit once ； then ； thereon.
玄 black ； sombre ； a prohibited character, whicli
ought to l)e avoided in documents. In certain
combinations the last stroke is omitted, t' g" 睡
(h.^uau); it appears, however, in 畜 (han or fk'u)
and its compounds. Otherwise, 元 (jfilan ) is used
as a substitute. *
銜 to display for sale ； to seek praise.
iij 奇 院 an exhibition court.
宣 to proclaim.
宣； to proclaim ； to inform by circular.
宣布 to proclaim ； to make genemlly known.
宣 詔 to proclaim an Imperial edict.
憑 to be suspended ； to hang dowo ； to suspend ； to
hang up ； unlike ； different.
懸' 掛 to suspend ； to hang up.
憑 牌 to exhibit a tablet ； a list.
懸 望 to be in suspense ； to await anxiously.
憑 案不結 a pending and unfinished case.
m 殊 ）
> very unlike ; quite different.
選 )
、 . / to choose ; to select.
選中 I
靴 boots.
靴 鞋 boots and shoes.
穴 a hole ； ix den ； a cave.
雪 snow.
血 blood ； money ； property.
血 竭 dragon's blood gum.
血 本 capital in trade.
熏 steam ； evaporation.
動 merit ； meritorious ； patriotic distinction.
動 爵 rank conferred for merit.
動 勞 honours bestowed for good service.
循 to comply with ； to follow.
循 法 to obey the law.
循 頁 docile ； conscientious.
循照 （ = 桉 照) in accordance with.
循 理 to follow reason ； reasonable.
^ a decade ； one of three divisions into which ； •
month may be divided : 上 -gj. the first decade.
i.e., the 1st to the loth of a' month; 中 旬， tin-
I ith to the 2otli ； 下 旬， the 2ist to the 30th.
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/"im 旬日 ：i dccatle ； ten days.
kxiiH 95 (二狗 ) to follow ； to connive at; also, to die;
to be killed.
h*un 泡 roiUly.
hsiin 狗 to connive at ； to follow ； to be greedy of.
狗 私 10 follow one's private ends ； selfishness ；
r.ivnuritism. •
询 縱 to connive at.
hsHH UJ to inquire.
詢 問 to ask particulars; to inquire.
詢 商 tt> inquire into ； to ask.
詢 Ir to inquire about and request (that ； i matter
be ilone).
ksiin 訓 to teach ； instruction ； to exhort.
hgun 巡 to cruise ； :i tidewaiter ； an executive employ^.
巡查 to cruise about (as a revenue cruiser) ； to
inspect (as ports).
巡 歴 to inspect (as a district, a port).
巡防 to cruise and guard ； to cruise about.
巡 船 [Customs] boats ； cruisers.
巡捕 ：i constable ； a policeman.
巡撫 to go about and console ； a provincial Go-
vernor.
巡 撫部院 a provincial Governor.
k9un 尋 common ； usual ； to seek ； to investigate.
尋 常 ordinary ； as usual.
尋常 日 行事件 the current daily business.
尋常日 用物件 articles of daily use.
尋 査 to investigate ； to search.
hsiin 沉 a guard house ； a military station ； to guard.
沉 官 officers in charge of a military station.
hsiin Id to investigate ； to examine judicially.
^ 訪 to in({uire into.
m 究 to investigate.
^ 斷 to try, and give judgment in, a case.
^ 結 to in([uire into and settle [a case].
hsun 迅 /
迅 y
迅 措辦 to put into operation at once.
迅 賜賞紛 to kindly give as soon as possible.
迅 賜紛領 to promptly allow to be given up.
Imln 動 動) merit ； patriotic distinction.
動安 [I wish you] merit anrl peace (a concluding
phrase in letters).
J quickly ； promptly.
hu
hu
hu
hu
hu
hu
hu
hu
Jm
hu
hu
- amber.
hu
呼 to call out for ； to name ； to call.
呼.! t (= 呼天 槍地） t。 caU to Heaven and
hit the ground with the head ； i.e., to feel pangs
of grief.
虎 a tiger.
虎 骨 tigers' bones.
虎 皮 tigers' skins.
琥
琥珀 r
忽 to forget ； to disregard ； unexpectedly ； suddenly.
忽 § careless.
忽 § 不諭 to carelessly refuse discussing ； to
take no notice of (as a matter one need not care
about).
惚 doubt ； uncertainty.
胡 why ； what ； how ； Tartars or Turks ； Central
Asiatic ； reckless.
胡 椒 pepper.
胡 麻 foreign hemp ； linseed.
胡 A Central Asiatics.
湖 a lake ； the prefecture of Hu-chou, near Shimg-
hai and Ningpo ； (= 湖 廣) the provinces of
Hupei and Hunan ( = Hukwang).
湖 絲 Shanghai fine raw silk (silk of Hu-chou).
湖 北 (Jm-pei ) the province of Hupeh.
湖 南 (hn-nan) the province of Hunan.
湖 廣 (hu-kuang) the two provinces of Hupeh and
Hunan.
湖 口 Hukow (a port of call on the Yangtze).
糊 coral.
糊 to paste ； ( = 锁) gruel ； food ； subsistence.
糊 口 sustenance ； a livelihood.
壶 a pot.
狐 a fox ； suspicious.
狐狸 a fox.
狐 3 里皮 foxes' skins.
^ a family ； population ； a door ； an orifice.
戸 部 the Board of Revenue.
戸 部稅貝 U the Customs Tariff issued by the
Board of Revenue (in force at the Native Custom
Houses).
戸 口 population.
_P 册 a register of population.
i 扈 Shaughai.
^！扈 關 the Shanghai Customs.
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h a 互 mutually ； each other.
互 相 mutual ； each other.
互 撥貨物 to tranship goods from (me vessel to
another.
互 較 to confront with each other.
互 換 to exchange.
互 異 different from each other ； to disagree.
獲 to take in hunting ； to catch (as a thief).
獲益 to reap benefit.
" 護 to protect ； to assist.
護 照 a passport.
護 5^ to accompany ； to escort.
護 衛 an officer of the Imperial body-guard.
護書 a sealed letter,
"'t 化 to change ； to refoi'Di.
化 消 to melt.
化 寶 a. compound of silver in cun*ent. use at
Tientsin,
化 民 to reform the people. *
h aa 花 flowers ； painted or carved ornaments ； fancy
[articles] ； to spend.
花梨木 rose-wood.
花 生 gi'ound-nuts. '
花生餅 ground-nut cake.
花 板 ornamented boards.
花洋布 printed cottons ； chintzes.
花 布 fancy cotton cloth ； figured calicoes.
花素 棉絨布 fancy woollens.
花剪統 velvets ； velveteens ； fustians.
花名册 a muster roll ； a list of names.
花 色 description ； denomination.
花 紅 a reward.
花費 to spend ； expenditure.
花 錢 to spend money.
花 旗 the American flag, lit., the tiowery banner;
the United States ； American.
花旗布 American drills : domestics.
花押 (二 S 押) to sign ； signature.
hvM. 華 Chinese ； China ； flowery.
華人 a Chinese ； a native (of China).
華 商 Chinese merchants.
華客 Chinese passenger.
華 官 Chinese officials ； native authorities.
華 式 native (Chinese) type.
' uniform ； of a uniforui patter
hita 華 翰 your tlowei-y epistle; your note.
華 陽 HwayiiDg (a Likin station on the Yangtze),
/iiwi 划 a pinnace ； a scow ； a small boat.
划 船 ：m open boat ； a sampan.
hua 畫 t«j draw ； to paint.
畫 一 uniform.
畫 一款式
畫 一式樣
畫 押 tn ； it fix one's signature ； to sign.
畫 定界址 to determine a site (as for a settle-
ment).
hua 劃 to cut ； to mark ； to divide.
劃 分 to divide; to distinguish between.
hua 話 language.
hua 滑 smooth ； slippery.
滑 石 soiipstone.
滑 利 deceitful.
huai 壞 to spoil ； to be lost.
壞船； 1 wreck ； :i vessel damaged in distress.
壞 船拆 毀木料 matei'iaLs from vessels broken
up.
壌 爛 to spoil (as fruit).
huai 懷 tlie bosom ； to cherish.
懷 想 to cherish thoughts of ； to think.
huai 淮 the river Huai.
淮 南 (hnai'tian) lit., south of the Huai river ；
i.e., the city of Huai-an-fu, in Kiangsu.
kuan 還 to return ； to repay.
還債 to repay a debt.
還價 to abate in price.
還拜 to return a visit.
hwm 歡 to be pleased ； delight.
歡欣 to delight in ； to rejoice.
h/mn 緩 to be lax; to remit (as taxes) ； to postpone ；
slowly ； to delay ； to exchange.
緩 験 to slacken speed ； to stop (as u ship) ； to
slow down.
Ima/ti 換 to change ； to substitute one for another.
換船 to tranship ； to be Iran^'hipped.
換 取現銀 to exchange for cash (as a drawback).
換 領新牌 to exchange against a new certificate.
換 to issue in exchange for.
換易 to exchange.
換 約 to exchange (i.c, to nitify) a Treaty.
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huuH 宦 i, (M.vciiiiiiiiii orticer.
hna" 忠 ji calamity; to be aitlicted with.
忠 锅 to fall sick.
& 傳染症 afflicted with a contagious disease.
htiain/ 充 wiKI ； barren; dearth ； draught.
huawj m falsehood ； lies; to lie.
fluani/ 皇 the Emperor ； Imperial.
皇 帝 the Emperor.
皇 上 His Majesty the Eiuperor.
皇 Jl 舉 11 訓示 the instructions from His
Iini>orial Majesty's sacred glance.
皇 后 the Empress.
皇太后 the Empress Dowager.
皇 朝 the present dynasty.
皇 淸 the Imperial Ch'ing dynasty ； Imperial
Chinese.
I 嶋 g 惶 fear; to fear.
hm"g 黃 yollow.
黃 銅 yellow copper ；, brass.
黃銅器 brassware.
黃 銅 皮 copper sheathing ； yellow metal.
黃 yellow wax.
黃 丹 yellow lead ； massicot.
黃 旗 ;i yellow flag; the quarantine flag ； the
l);ini.-h flag.
黄馬掛 the " yellow jacket " (as a distinction
of merit).
kni
黃
連 (产黃 蓮) a kind of dye-stuff ； genti
黃
墓 turmeric.
M
河 the Yellow River.
黃
州 府 the prefecture of Huang-chou.
黃
岡 驟 the district of Huang-kang.
浦 河 the river Whangpoo, at Shanghai.
m
sulphur ； brimstone.
huajtjj
more ； moreover ； liow much more.
hui
揮
to direct ； to point out.
hut
灰
ashes.
灰 色 ash colour ； grey.
灰 嵐 the squirrel.
灰鼠皮 squirrel skins.
hnt 回 （W 同) to come back ； to send back ： back ；
Miihomedan.
回 歸
回 家
hui
hui
hui
hui
to return [home].
hui
hui
hui
' to examine eonjointlv
回 験 to Hull back.
回 國 to return, or to be sent back, to one's
country.
回 文 an official reply.
回書 to reply to a letter.
回 械 〃" Mahomedan wool ； fustiau.
回 回 a Turk ； a Mahomedan.
迴 (ui. 廻) to return ； to turn round.
迴 避 to withdraw from office, because a senior
relative holds office in the same province ； to
avoid a superior officer in passing him on a public
road.
悔 to regret ； to repent.
誇 to advise ； to admonish ； to instruct.
會 to communicate with ; together with ； conjointly ；
to meet together ； to make an agreement; an
association ； a club ； a guild.
會晤 to confer ； to meet to discuss a (question.
會 I 義 to discuss conjointly ； to have an interview ；
to agree upon.
會商 to consult with.
會 驗
會同. II 明 r
會 to investigate conjointly ； joint investigation.
會 訊章程 the Joint Investigation Rules.
會 集
會合
會同 to meet together ； conjointly.
會同 四譯館 an office under the Board of
Ceremonies ； an office where meetings of Foreign
Envoys take place (？) ； " the residence for Tri-
butary Envoys. "
會 銜 conjointly (said of two officials issuing a
joint proclamation).
會咨 to make a joint communication.
會理 to manage conjointly.
會館 a guild ； a public company.
會 主 the president of a public company, giiiM, etc,
會 齊考試 a competitive examination.
槍 to sketch ； to draw ； to paint.
) 槍 圖 to draw a sketch, plan, or map.
賄
賄 s
賄買 to bribe ； to purchase by bribiug.
髓 (or 腫) to exchange [money].
滅 費 expenses of remitting money.
■' to assemble.
' to bribe.
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酒免費 expenses of exchanging and weighing
(money) ； loss by exchange.
灣 豐銀 行 the Hongkong and ？ mianj^luii Baiik-
iu'^ (Jui'poration.
"！' 慧 intelligent.
毀 to break ； to destroy.
毀 誘 to slaader.
徴 to burn.
惠 kindness ； liberality.
惠 臨 to kindly descend, ； to honour with a visit.
惠來 M the district of Hui-Iai, near Swatow,
穢 dirt ； filth.
hui 囊 to sort ； to classify ； to collect.
囊集 to collect.
棄 報 to make a collective report to.
囊解 to forward collectively ； to collect and remit.
量 IT to arrange ； to classify.
hui 韓 to shun ； to avoid.
hull 昏 (lark ； obscure.
huu 婚 to iiKirry.
婚 姻 l.iride and bridegroom ； to marry.
huu 悟 confused ； forgetful.
hnn 混 confused ； confusion ； mixed ； ill-assorted.
混 雜 to mix together.
混 fx 上； j|§ to board a ship promiscuously and
without permission.
hvjuf 洪 great ； vast.
洪 恩 a great favour.
hung Djfc to cheat.
hung 鴻 great ； vast ； a kind of wild goose, being a symbol
of swiftness.
鴻 慈 immense kindness.
鴻 IH an opportunity of sending a letter.
鴻 an envelope.
"- ang 紅 red.
紅 花 saliiower ； fine chiuaware (at Kivikiang, lit,,
porcelain with red patterns).
紅 丹 red lead ； minium.
紅 裹 red dates.
紅 糧 millet.
紅 木 red-wood.
紅 茶 black tea.
紅 毛 red haired ； red-haired foreigners, originally
the Butch, afterwards the English, and now all
foreigners. It is not considered a respectful term
by foreigners.
！"" 19 ^ II port clearance. The port eloanince <'f
earlier ilnyH a foniiidable-lnnUin^' douuraent
of yellow paper, and ornamcntod with curling
"nigons. Its large vermilion seals obtained f''r
it the name of humj p'ai (紅 牌）， or red permit;
Any I in; "grand chop" (Williams). The present
name, hunt/ /""， it my ； ii>]niieiilly be similarly cn-
pljiinc'd.
"""J fJA large; vast ； lu'in;^' n forbidden character,
changed into 弘 (hvnfj); later, 宏 {hung). la
certain combinations 强 (chiang) is used for 強
(chiang).
，画 J H to blast.
® 爆之物 explosive matter or iu-ticles.
Amo i 倚 calaiiiity ； evil.
豁 liberal ； magnanimous.
豁 免 kindly to exempt t'vom [punishment] ； to
pardon.
/"to 或 or; if; if perhaps ； either.
或 或 either or ； whether or.....
或 致 or even.
或 曰 one may say ； some say that.
】議 或 to doubt ； to suspect.
huo 活 lively ； alive ； movable ； cheeifiil.
活 構之木 a movable beam on board a ship ； a
swingiug-ijooin.
活 字 movable type.
huo 火 fire ； fiery.
火夫 a fireman (as one who tends the engines '»f
steamers).
火 食 cooked meals ； provisions ； stores.
火 腿 hams.
火 石 Hint stones.
9i 絨 tinder.
火 油 kerosene oil.
火輸船 a steamer.
火 藥 gunpowder.
火藥開 花彈子 shell loafled with gunpowder.
火 黑 a h uo-jiHao (a, despatch of great importance,
forwarded, through the Board of War, by .special
f:t.st couriers).
火 牌 ； 111 urgent despatch.
huo 伙 household furniture.
伙長 (= 夥長) a shiirs mate.
huo 夥 M clerk in a firm ； a partnoi* ； a company ； many.
夥長 a chief mate ； :i .senior partner.
huo 貨 goods ； merchanclLse.
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货 物 "'Dods ； merchandise ； articles of trade.
IX 物淸單 a ship's manifest ； tin invoice.
\X an invoice.
主 tlu' owner [of goods].
货船 ：i merchant vessel.
IX St t!ie value of goods ) the price.
IS 樣 、； III 屮 k '、-
货 色 (lescriplioD ofj^oods.
货 財 ！ swods and [other] property ； movables.
I.
伊 he, his ； she, her, etc.
伊 等 they ； their.
一 量) one; (= ― 切) all; throughout; to be
one with ； to be the same as; at the same time;
together ； as soon as; if once Before a noun
and preceded by a genitive, or a clause corre-
spontling to a genitive, may be said to represent
the definite article : 末尾— 關， Custom
House at the end,"' " the last Custom House," not
"a Custom House at the end," etc.
一 ― one by one.
一 則 二 貝， J first ， second
― 案 、"th regard to (such and such) a case; re.
― …… IP ―'
一 屆 …… 卽
— • 經 as soon as.
一 經 倉 P as soon as ， then
一 經査出 as soon as discovered ； when caught
(as in an illegal act).
― 家 the whole family.
一體
― 切
一律
一併
—概 >
― 同
― 齊
― 節
一總
一番 once ； in one instance.
― 項 the item of.
― 開 if once opened ； ii" once we commence
[acting like this].
—覧 而知 to see and notice a matter at a
glance ； synoptical.
> as soon as ， then.
all ； equally ； uniformly ； all at once ； often
merely denoting plurality of nouns pre-
ceding.
― 面 at the same time.
一 面 一 面 ,on the one hand, on the
other, ； partly ， partly
一 力 with the whole strength ； bj one's own
exertion.
一 i2> in the same spirit ； with oue heart ； with
the whole heart.
—樣 of the same kind ； the same ； not different.
― 名 another name is ； also called.
一 半爲斷 to divide into two halves.
一帶 in the neighbourhood of; all along.
一 J[K one altar ； one spread (as of sacrifices to be
oftered).
一 直 straight.
一 共 ill!; the whole of; total.
一 時 at the same time ； sometimes ； at one time ；
inadvertently.
一等 （= 頭等） of the first class.
一 定 certainly ； at all events ； positively; fixed ；
not changea1>le.
一 定不易 fixed ； not changeable.
一 次 once.
一次之 課 a tax paid once for all ； a single
charge (compounding for several charges, the
transit duty).
一味 of the same taste ； in the same style.
宜 must ； suitable ； to suit ； to make fit ； that
which is proper ； that which must necessarily be
done in connexion with ； business ； atfair.
宜廣 開來路 to encourage (or develop) the
import trade.
宜昌關 the Ichang Customs.
該 a disinterested friend ； goodness.
倚 to depend on ； to lean against.
倚 界 an important trust.
倚 靠 to depend on ； to rely ou.
椅 a chair.
意 to think ； intention ； meaning ； purpose.
意 思 meaning ； thought : intention.
意 外 unexpected ； unforeseen.
意 外之虞 unexpected dangers.
意 見 one's opinion.
意 見 不 同 to be of a different opinion .
意 有 不洽 to disagree ； not to fall in with one's
I'leas ； to have fault to find with.
意圖 to intend ； to plan.
意薩貝 1^ 賓星 the Royal Order of Isabel
the Ciitholic.
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' clothing.
憶 to think ； to reflect.
慧 a kind of lotus seed.
惹仁米 pearl barley.
醫 to cure ； a physician.
醫生 a doctor.
醫 治 modical attendance ； to cure.
醫 藥 medicines.
醫院 a hospital.
衣 clothes.
衣 服
衣物
衣 箱 boxes containing clothes ； a clothes chest.
依 to rely on ； as; according to ； to accede to.
依 議 "let it be as it was recommended " (in
Imperial edicts).
依允 to consent to ； to comply with.
依 律 according to law.
依 IS within a prescribed limit of time.
依 舊 as before.
亦 also.
亦 可 will also do ； may also.
夷 barbnrian ； foreign. By Article LI of the British
Treaty of Tientsin (1858) it was agreed that this
character should not be applied, in Chinese official
cloeumeDts, to the British Government or to British
subjects ； it is therefore no longer used in inter-
national correspondence.
胰 fat over the stomach ； soap.
H 夷 子 soap.
恰 harmonious ； to please ； pleasure.
fa 養 healthy ； well nourished.
始 to bring on ； to cause ； to leave ； to bequeath ；
to involve iu ； to cease to.
賠 惧 to cause un error or a wrong impression ；
to mislead.
移 to forward to ； to change ； a despatch ； to write
officially.
移 縣 to send to the magistrate (for trial or
punishment).
移 送 to forward.
移交 to send to.
移 換 to change.
移 遷 to remove.
移 泊 to yhift anchorage ； to remove from one
berth to another.
移去 to remove.
移動 to move ； to be carried away.
移 離 to move away.
移咨 to inform in a despatch.
？多 fife to instruct in a despatch.
頸 the chin ； the 27th dm;^i'am, denotinfr "to feed;"
hence, a man so old that he 1ms to be ted.
疑 to suppose; to suspect ； to be in doubt about.
疑 惑 to doubt ； to suspect.
難事件 matters cloubtlul uiul ilillicult to
decide upon.
擬 to propose ； to design ； to decide (as iu ji criminal
c;ise).
擬 to give jiulgnient; to sentence ； to propose
擬 辦試行 aboiit to put into operation provi-
.siouall}'.
擬 度 to estimate.
權 讓 to decide ； decision.
i 疑 定 to decide.
}疑 定辦法 to propose a fixed mode of procedure.
遺 to leave ； to bequeath (as when dying) ； to lose.
造失 to lose ； loss.
遺 j% to make a mistake.
遺誥) the last words of a dying person ； the
遺 命 ^ dyiuK coiniiiauds.
it 書 :t will.
義 lueaniDg ； principle ； righteous ； justice.
義 國 ( = 意大利 i-ta-li) Italy ； Itiiliau.
儀 lite ； ceremony ； rule ； pattern.
螺 an ant ； aa a term of modesty, " I， the peti-
tiuner."
螺 等 wo, the petitioners."
m to (leUl)enite ； to discuss ； to decide ； it is agreed
that : to deliberate in council ； to recommend to
the Emperor; (=義 or 文 義) the meaning of a
passage.
議 明 to ； igrce upon.
議定 to decide.
m Sfl to award a gratuity ； to pay for.
議事廳 an office for the discussion of public
mutters ； a Chancellor's office ； a ministry.
議 事廳寄 大臣 the Chancellor 。f the
|_Germiiu] Empire ； the DiuulGskanzler.
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1. lis a vi'i'h: to use ； to have ； to possess.
2. iisinK ； with ； ami therefore denoting' the instru-
mental or ablative case of a noiiu.
官 8? 私 t'> further one's private t'mls by
means uf utticial rescuroes.
jy (5 S itiix up truth 、vitli falsehootl ； to
aiiullvrate.
jy ^ "辦理 to treat a matter in a uniform
"miin'T,
jy oft to Uxkc the broad view of a matter.
內 inside of ； within; less than. Siuiilarly, i wai
(以 外)， outside ； more than ； i chHen (JL^ 前)，
befure ； i Hon (jy 後)' iifter; i f^hang (j^ 上),
above; t hsia 下)， 】）ek'、v ; i pei (J^ 北)，
to the north of, etc.
以東 t。 the east of …… ； e.g., 大通 以東， to
the east of Tat'ung.
以代 to serve for something else ； in lieu of.
3. it is sometimes employed, like chiang (將 )， in
marking the object of a verb, when the verb
follows, as in the classical example i tHen-hsia
yd jm (以 天下與 人、， "to give the empire
to man;" but in the hnsiness style such accusa-
tives more fre^aently iVillow the verb, e.g., ckiao
i han-shu (敎 ^ 書)， "to teach Chinese
literature ；" ch ia i hsing-ho (加 刑 嚇)， "to
inflict torture." It most fretiuently occurs in con-
nexion with a second object, as in J^' 多。 報 3 少 4
^pao, to declare, H Ho^ much, or a h'rge quantity,
as "Kshao， little, or a small quantity, "to make
a false declaration of quantity ；" especiaOy so
in the phrase i wei ^ )， to
consider as "to treat as, " etc. ； e.g.,
» ch'i wci ehHfh 妻爲 妾)， "to treat a wife
as a concubine."
以 遠報近 to report far as near ； to make a folse
declaration as to the number of Likin stations
passed by certain goods.
細 報 祖 to declare a superior as an inferior
qiwlit'y ； tu make a false declaration of quality.
以貴價 報賤價 t。 declare a higher as a
lo、vei' v;ilue ； to make a false declaration of value.
JH …... 爲.… • •to consider as
<y .爲 是 to consider (a matter) to be so; to
conj^ider as correct.
...... 度 to consider as a limit.
<m 爲 準 to take as a standard.
jy 此爲例 this is to be regarded as the rule.
iil 國 事爲重 to keep Government matters in
due rej^ard.
■W. 四個 月爲期 to consider four months as a
limit ； I.e. J within four months.
iil 不 應納子 稅爲詞 to UTite (or maintain)
that tntusit dues are not payable.
價 値爲率 to declare the value as the prin-
ciple to "'0 by.
iil 壹百 分爲算 to divide into loo parts or
.sh;ae-s.
4. with 爲 forms the verb 以 爲， to consider ； in
which sense it is also employed above.
Jil 爲然 to consider that it be so; to accede to
a request.
以 爲公當 t。 consider iis fair.
( = «W 爲） 全始. 終之美 t。 consiaer the
advantages from begiuning to end.
5. by reason of ； because of; because. Cf. the phrases
shih-i (是 以)， therefore ； ho-i (何 ^), by what ？
wherefore? 、vhy? so-i (所 j^)， l)y 、vliich ; there-
fore ； wu-i 以)， to have nothing by which;
there is no reason for.
6. that ； to the effect that ； especially after terms
involving a communication like ch^cng (稱 )， to
state, or han (函 )， a letter : " to the effect that."
7. ( - g hn) IVoni.
此口蓮 至彼口 to move from one port to
another.
是 日起 to date from this, or that, day.
8. crives a verb the force of the second supine
(facile di'-'tu) after terms meaning "difficult,"
" easy," " capable," or " sufficient," such as nan
(難 )' ^ (易 )， 人'' 麟 （堪 )， (J5^， etc., e.g -， tsu
i ai (足 以 礙)， " sufficient or capable to
hinder ； " nan i ch'-ing-humj (難 成 功),
" difficult to brinfT about." In all these cases
2/ it (俊) may take the place of i (Jj^). We may
add here phrases like 自 開海以 來, " since
the sea, or navigation, was upem'd," though here,
as in most other cases, the real force of the
Chinese will scarcely admit of comparison with
； my foreign grammatical term.
9. 以及 ami; or.
10. In order to; " and hereby." In this sense it often
occurs in a sort of stereotyped phrase the
pattern of which is contained in the i6 maxims
i'oming the Euiperov K^ang-hsi's Sacred Edict,
箄農桑 足 衣食， "give importance
to agriculture and the iiiulbeny, and so provide
enoiitfh food nnd raiment (Bridgmax) ； or "in
order to provide enough food and raiment." A
similar phrase is often added to longer periods
as a mere stylistic ornament, to round off the
sentence as it were ； it is therefore often suppressed
in the English version, though some lueims will
usually be found to express its sense without
placing the natural run. of the English version
under au)' constraint, as has been well shown in
Sir Thomas Wade's translations. The following
examples may occur in documents : ―
<m 安善良 in order to traaquillise good subjects-
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175
昭誠衷 in order to show sincere feelings ； out
of hincere sympathy.
J[y B3 周满 for tlie sake of gmitei' clearness and
coiupleU'iie-ss.
JIU 昭畫 IJ — for the sake
昭核實 in order to show the fact to be true ；
in ortifi' to furnish a correct statement (as of
value) ； for the sake "
Jil 昭 if i 勸 for the sake of encouragement.
fp: 實 in orfler to manifest authenticity ；
" in witness thereof."
昭信守 ia order to exhibit the guard of
trust ； " in witness thereof."
Jtl 昭 公允) iu order to show justice ； for the
> siike of justice; for the sake of
昭 平允) fairness.
期相安 s。 that mutual peace may be hoped
for.
■i^ 期曉然 in order that it may be thus known.
Jt^ 期得實 in order to arrive at the truth.
Jil 期妥善 in order that matters may be pro-
perly iiiiinaj^ed.
Jt^ 致錯 is so as to result ir
I erroneous evasion
(a
XX 靖地方 ill order to tranquillize the place.
J!ii 界 I© ill order to have a clearly defined
J [^淸 欠欽 in order to clear debts.
淸款項 in order to dear (settle account con-
ceniiii"r these) items ； in order to close accounts.
«Ki 儆效尤 ill 。i'der to warn against bad ex-
amples.
救螺命 in order to save poor peoples' lives.
JK^l 救微生 iu order to save an unimportant life.
J[y 專責成 in order to impose responsibility.
Jtl 全螺命 in order to render complete a poor
mau'.s life ； in order to restore a poor man to life.
重稅課 in order to show due respect to re-
venue interests.
防弊混 in order to guard against irregu-
larities.
以 符舊制 ill order to agree with the old rule.
JSU 符原案 ill accordance with tlie original
aiT:iiii;enient,
息 議 in order to stop idle discussions.
以 55 後患 ill order to forestall calamities.
i^l f/ll ？ a 鸾 ill order to provide for examination;
t"'»r fiitiur iiU'iitihcation (said of documents con-
taining; piiriiculiirs as to goods, uiid tiled in
iuvliives) ； for future reference.
便査明 i'l onler to facilitate examination.
便 照 辦 in oilier to act accordingly.
便 f£ 稅 in onlor to levy the duty (properly).
便商 , , ，， , ,
ffJl ，T 放 i "^" iiccommodiite merchants,
J:^ 便 毅 ill ''i.'K'i' t" Ije of hi':) in commercial
便 輸 fl?] in order to facilitate the payment
of ihitif-s.
J[y 憑 徴 稅 in order to furnish the docmnentary
proof li.)!" chiirj^aiig duty.
jy :M 核 辦 ill "I'fU'r to have proof for acting.
憑 查；! 5^ ill rmler to furnish vouchers for the
exaiiiiiiiition [of goods] ； on the ground of which
exuiuinatinii luay be made.
«K1 憑轉 in order to have a busis for making
； I reply.
不求救 "1 oi'der to show that rescue is re-
quiioc] ； to make signals of distress.
•U 不區別 ill Older to sliow the distinction,
<ti ?I* I© 制 in order to draw ii limit ； as a re-
strictive 111 ensure.
Jt^ 巧優奨 order to show, or mark, special
merit.
Jtl 順 商 情 ill order to meet commercial require-
ments.
«W 肅 iic 政 ill order to inspire respect for the
Suit Giibel.
以 杜假冒 in order to prevent fraud,
以 杜勾串 ill order to prevent fraudulent com-
以 杜弊端 in order to restrict malpractices.
以杜 te 累 in order to prevent partiality.
杜隱漏 in order to prevent evading (as pay-
ment of ilulies).
<W 資勸戒 in order to warn ； in order to caution
(as a 、v;imiug).
資禾養 1 for examination ； for inspection.
以 資鼓勵 tor the sake of encouragement.
資覽觀 in order to avail myself of the
spectiK'le.
以 完此案 i" oi'der to close this case.
J [^爲 血 [1 商 in order to facilitate trade.
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以 J3 章 in order to avoid useless trouble.
免重輸 in order to avoid [too] heavy pay-
ment ； in onier to avoid over- taxation.
以免 夕牛恨 iti order to avoid mistakes.
免紛歧 "1 order to avoid divergency (incon-
^l-tviKV ill actiut;).
•EI 免 f {) "更 in Older to avoid perplexing changes.
W i^. H 3" in order to avoid altercation,
t 吳 in order to avoid delay.
免战處 in order to avoid danger.
以免 參差" 1 order to avoid discrepancy or want
以免 P 、台誤 ill order to avoid mistakes.
以免辨 1^ in order to avoid the shifting of
responsibility.
以冀 IS 課恤商 in order that revenue and
coiiiuieix-ial interests may be benefited.
«W JS^ 碍稅 fl^ in order that no difficulties
may arise to the revenue.
以 防觸碟 之患 in order to guard against
colli^icns.
以铺應 完之釐 in order to make up for the
iikiii taxes due-
J[U 示燈塔 所在迅 order to indicate the posi-
tion of the Vv^hi.
•Kt 示沉 船所在 h order to indicate the posi-
tion of the wreck.
以示傲 in order to show warning ； "as ； i warn-
ing.'"
杜避重 就輕之 弊 t。 prevent shirking
the heavy and taking to the light, i.e., substituting
the easy for the onerous.
以免觸 沙之患 in order to avoid grounding
on the shoal.
以免 辦理兩 歧 to avoid divergency (incon-
sistency) of action.
以免參 差爭論 in order to prevent misunder-
standing.
防 ill order to guard against.
以 冀 ill order to hope ； to thereby hope.
以期 (= 以望) so that it may be hoped ； so as
not to interfere with.
致 so that ； so as to ； so as to result in, or lead to.
以免 in order to avoid ； so as not to; the opposite
of i pim (以 便)， in order to.
以 憑 by ineAns of which supported ； on the ground
l it' which ； provided with which.
示 in order to make known that.
資 in order to afford ； by means of
which one may
^ 1 更 in order to ； so that.
巳 a of the past ； it precedes the vei'b, :ind, like
c/iintj (經 ), is often separated from it by other
parts of the sentence ； having (the opposite of 未
(wei), not having).
已經 a sign of the past ； " having already ； :)
巳 满 filled up ； already full ； loaded full (as a
yhip) ； having expired (us a limit of time).
巳 極 having reached the extreme ； extremely ； to
the utmost.
巳 開 having been opened ； opened ； open (as the
Treaty ports).
巳 用 having been used ； old ； second-hand.
已完稅 having paid duty ； duty paid.
已 完正稅 to have paid, or having paid, full
duty.
巳完正 稅憑單 a certificate (proof) showing
tlKit fall duty has been paid ； a duty proof.
巳下船 having been shipped.
巳離原 泊方向 to have left the original an-
chorage (as a ship).
巳有 地方宫 紛領船 S?,the local author"
ties having issued a fillip s certificate.
已在內 i 也賈貨 to have bought goods in the
interior.
已 ― 年 after the lapse of a year.
已兩 載之久 after the lapse of two years.
已 逾兩年 having exceeded [the time] of two
巳逾 十有餘 年之久 more than lo years
已 甚 very excessive.
矣 a final particle, denoting the close of a .sentence.
邑 a town ； a city.
g advantages or concessions (granted to certain
nations in Treaties) ； to add ； to increase.
签 處 advantage.
益算 to add.
g 矢 to increase in speed ； with increased energy.
签錄 to multiply and accumulate.
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^於 寫濟 to be conducive to real advantage ；
to be of benefit to.
益 加 to increase.
^ to straugle ； to hang oneself.
譯 to translate ； to interpret ； an interpreter ； an
official interpreter.
譯名 a name translated or transliterated.
譯 漢 to translate into Chinese.
驛 post ； postal ； a courier.
易 easy ； change ； to exchange.
易 知 to casUy understaDd ； to easily learn.
易 剖 別
易爲分 別 i
M (or 易 以) easy to; to find no difficulty
- easy to clistingiush.
易 於相符 easy to agree ； handy for calculation.
易 於核算 e: 化 y to calculate.
易於傷 損之貨 damageable goods.
易破碎 easy to break ； breakable.
易換 to exchange (as a bank note against cash).
異 different from; the opposite of t'un^f (同 )， the
same ； strange ； unusual.
異邦 a foreign country.
異違 to oppose.
異鄉 to be separated from one's home.
異 1^ difl'crent language ； dissent ； difference of
"pinion.
異議 a different arrangement.
藝 skill ； ability in working ； profession.
役 a low employ^ ； a servant ； an officer.
^ an epidemic ； a plague.
毅 stern ； resolute.
抑 else; if; or; or whether ； to repress.
抑或 or else ； or.
抑 制 to restrain ； restraint.
逸 to set free; to abscond ； idle.
詣 to go to.
詣關 to go to the Custom House.
J.
然 yet ； however.
然 否 whether or not so.
然 後 thereafter; then.
j<m 染 to dye ； to infect with a disease).
染 病 to c'oimiiuniciite a disease to another.
j(^ng 嚷 altercation,
嚷 鬧 to f|uarrel.
ja?i;7 摸 to throw away ； to reject.
讓 complaisant ； to invite.
3^0 繞 (or 逢) to wind round ； to make a ditour,
繞避 to avoid (:is a roc-k in sailing).
繞 越 to eviule the l:iw.
繞途 I to moke a (h'fonr; to tmvcl on a route
繞路 i not bc'iii^ the direct one.
jfto 饒 to indulge ； to be liberal ； an overplus.
饒舌 to indulge one's tongue ； to wrangle ； to
dispute.
― 搔 to trouble ； to infest.
擾累 to involve in trouble ； to interfere with.
jiJ 惹 to provoke,
ic 熱 hot.
jew 忍 to endure ； to bear. "
認 to recognise ； to confess.
認 付 to be responsible for (payment) ； to have to
sui〕iuit to.
認 明 to acknowledge.
認 爲 to recognise as ； to accept as.
認 纖 to bind oneself in paying (as a tax fanner
pays a fixed sum to his Government).
認 理 to be responsible for.
保無謙 to professedly guarantee that there is
no mistake ； i.e., to be responsible for correctness.
認 銷接辦 to bind oneself to remit a certain
Slim out of taxes collected ； to take over the
collection of a tax, on the farming system ； to
guarantee the revenue.
認 粗 爲 細 to recognise coarse as fine.
認 眞 careful ； diligently ； to acknowledge.
jm 壬 an astronomical character; north.
壬 午 the 19th year of a cycle ； e.g., the
year 1882.
jell 任 to bear ； to sustain ； it is incumbent on; it is a*
duty to ； an incumbent ； a post ； iin office ； re-
ly in on.
住 內 heloiifring to one's office; during the tiiue
of one's holding an office.
任 便 freely ； at liberty ； to be at liberty to; at
one's own discretion.
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jin 任便 隨特 at one's own discretion and at any
linu'.
住 ； S a.s uiu' thinks fit ； arbitrarily.
住 5* to I)e at liberty to.
住 從英商 at the pleasure of British merchauts.
住 憑 allowed to depend on; it is iu the free
will of.
jin ^ a mnn.
A A everybody ； all men.
入 客 passengers ； a visitor.
•A 數 a number of men.
A 所共知 known to ovcryljody ； the public
are aware of it.
入 口 individuals.
入丁； I man ； a male adult.
A 參 ginseng.
jcn 仁 humane ； humanity ； a kernel ； seed.
fc 憲 (in petitions, an honorary title given to
officials) yom' kindness.
joi ^ name of a plant.
往米 a kind of rice; pearl barley (= 震仁米
jcng 仍 still; again ； yet; then (= |p cht).
仍 舊 ;is of old ； as before.
仍 照 舊 章 still according to the old rule.
仍 前 a.s heretofore.
仍 復 yft again ； again.
jcnff See chi/i.
jih 日 the sun ； a day ； a date ； in the daytime (as
opposed to night-time).
曰 日 every day ； daily.
日 間 during the daytime.
日 後 afterwards ； in the course of time.
曰久 a long time ； after a long time.
0 形 fluctuations.
日 行事宜 the daily business.
日 行通用 in daily and general use.
H 用 the daily needs.
日 审事 services attending the necessities of
daily life.
日甚一 日 more intense from day to day ； grow-
ing Avoi'se and worse.
曰記簿 a log-book.
B 期 fixed days ； terms ； a limit ； a period of time.
,日 增 to increase (day by day).
j 仏
JO
jo
jou
jou
日 旺 to prosper (as trade).
0 落 (or 日人〉 the sun setting ； sunset.
B 落以後 after sunset.
日 出 the sun rii^ing ； sunrise.
日出 前 I'efm'e sunrise.
曰斯巴 尼亞國 { {jih-ssn^pa-ni-a, Espana)
日國 j Spain ； Spanish.
日本國 (jih-2}m-huo) Japan; Japanese.
日本參 Japanese ginseng.
日本獵 Japan wax.
若 if; as. %
若 干 an indefinite amount ； the amount of ； so and
so much ； so many.
弱 weak.
柔 soft ； yielding.
柔 毛 sheeps' wool.
向 meat ； fleshy. •
肉 菓直寇 nutmegs. ,
肉 翅 clarified sharks' fins.
肉 桂 cinnamon.
汝 you; your. ■
汝 等 you (plm'al).
如 if; as; like.
如 何 how ？ in what manner ] the manner ia
which.
如 何 征 ^ the manner in which duties are levied;
the mode of levying duties.
如是 I
like this ； thus.
如此 J
如 今 now.
如 遇 if there be; if.
如 ^ if; in the case of.
如 故 as of old ； as formerly.
如 糸 5 as by Treaty bound ； as agreed to.
如所擬 as suggested.
如 所 稱 辧 理 to act as has been reported.
儒 a scholar ； literati.
唇 to disgrace ； to insult.
辱 承 lit., I have disgraced you in recemng ； i.e.y
you have honoured me without my deserving.
辱 承見召 I liave been honoured with an
invitation.
襟 a mattress ； bedding.
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人 to enter; to receive ； the debit side of an account.
人華 to come, or to be sent, to Chiua.
人選 to receive au appointment.
A. 欽 receipts ； debit ； Dr.
人 內 她 to enter the interior; transit inwards.
人 JiQ to sacrifice before an ancestral tablet.
A> 宫 to enter the official exclieijuer ； to be coafis-
入 承大統 to take charge of the empire.
A" 出數目 "figures showing the debit and credit,"
ti properly balanced account ； an account.
ju 乳 milk ； to suck ； nipple-shaped.
乳 香 i^'niu olibanuni ； frankincense.
jnan 軟 U' 顿） soft ； yielding.
j" 瑞 a good omen.
瑞哦國 (ji^i-tten-hto) )
瑞敦國 (ju'i'-fwi-hno) > Sweden ； Swedish.
瑞 國 （j""wo) ；
jun 間 intercalary.
闺十月 the tenth intercalary month.
jiiii 潤 to moisten ； moist ； to benefit.
jung 驾 soft ； downy ； deer horns.
jung 榮 honour ； glory.
榮 歸 to return with "(lory; i.e., to retire from
pul)lic life.
juiifj 械 ^ilk floss ； woollen.
絨 毛 wool.
M 毛布 woollen piece goods.
械 線 woollen yarn.
械棉布 woollen and cotton mixtures.
jung 容 to endure ； to tolerate.
jnng f§ to fuse metals.
銘化 }
鎔 銷
i 容 免 to melt and weigh ； to ascertain the touch
(of silver).
jnnfj 冗 affairs ； duties ； scattered.
冗 雑 confused ； scattered.
冗 費 extra expenditure.
K.
^'fi 卡 a barrier. See chSa.
诚 該 tlie said ； the respective ； that ； the ； to owe.
該 管之宫 the authorities to whom one is amen-
iiljle.
' to melt.
hat
hai
hai
該欠 to owe.
該 當 ought to ； should.
肢 to give ； uncommon ； rare.
截 to be <^iven ； to be contained in (as in a
Itouk or in a docuincnt) ； written down,
fl^ f 愤 to be contained in ； to be provided for.
改 I
改键'
改 爲 to alter into (as one reading of a tlocament
to alter.
改 主底簿 to change an entry in the orif,dnal
books.
改包；
to repack (as goods for re-exportation).
改裝'
改 泊 to shift berth (as a vessel in harbour).
改 運 別 口售賣 to chan«;e the destination [of
ji^oods] to iuiother port of sale.
改 正 to correct (as a mistake in a document).
蓝 （蓋 。1' 盖） tobuiM; a cover (as the cover of a
boat) ； ； X roof ； to roof ； betid in ； to over-top ； to
affix (as a seal) ； for ； because of.
養 戮 to affix a seal ； to stamp.
盖 印加封 to seal a document and enclose it in
ail envelope.
签 用關防 to affix one's official seal
恭 有 印 信 to contain the seal of
益 因 the reason, generally, is that
槪 all ； equally ； then.
槪 行免稅 must be exempted from duty.
開 to open (a book, a port, etc.) ； introducincr the
tenor of ii document quoted : to state ； stating ；
" to the effect that."
開關 to open the Custom House.
開行 to open a firm.
開铺 to open a shop.
開 市 to open the market.
開 印 to re- open an office (as after holidays).
開 有 to open hatclies ； to break bulk.
開 艙准單 a permit to break bulk.
開 lit* to open (packages) for examination.
開 Sits 復 細 to open (packages) for cxaininatioa
and close again.
開 張 to open business ； to keep an account.
簡船廠 ti) open a clock ； to have a clock.
開 采煤鐵 to work coal and iron mines.
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kai Ba 各商 0i 之淑 to stimulate the appetite
ij.'a' privilt'i^cs) ainon^'st merchants ； liL, to
X.'ii I ho jinuUml ilevelopiuent {ch'kn 渐) of mer-
mts' [illegal] desires.
問明 state ； to enumerate ； to write out clearly.
開 載 to state; to enter (us in a document).
開 錄 t') record.
g3 具 to state.
問軍 t') make out a document, bill, memoran-
山 1111， etc.
開 列 to enumerate ； to state (as in a list).
P3 列 淸 軍 to enter in a Iht ； to make a list of.
列 IK 左 to mention hereafter; enumerated
•U'W. 、
開 具淸軍 to draw up an official statement of
piutuulai'y.
§3 %\ to put into operation.
開 船 the departure of a ship; the lifting of
aiK-liors ； to stiu.t on a sea journey.
開行 to sUrt on a journey; to lift anchors.
開行 聚速 to start in ;i great hurry (as a ship).
§3 出 to proceed to (as a ship on having lifted
anchors) ； also, to state in particular.
開驟 to proceed on a journey (as a ship).
闘價 to declare the value (of an article).
開 甚殳 to establish ； to be established.
開缺 to open a vacancy ； to quit one's post.
開放 to release (e.j/., goods detained).
開 大砲 to fire off cannon.
開 釋 to release.
開來 to come from (as a ship).
開 復 tn recover ； to restore.
開 化 K'ai-hua-fu (in the province of Yunnan).
開 平 K'ai-pHng (a coal-procluciDg place in Chihli).
lean 乾 dry ； dried.
乾 魚 dried fish ； stock-fish.
乾 花 dried flowers.
han 幹 skilful; to attend to business ； affairs.
幹事 to manage an affair.
幹阿達 [l^an-a'ta) Canada.
han fp to concern ； concerning ； to offend against.
千涉 to be connected ^vith.
干 預 to meddle with.
于 例 to offeud against the law.
Jean 千例禁 to offeud against what is prohibited by
law.
干 to oflend against.
干咎 to be guilty ； to become guilty of.
kau 杆 a stick ； a post ； a flagstaff.
kan 肝 the liver ； anger ； irritation.
kan 掉 a pole ； ti post ； a flagstaff.
kan 趕 to hasten ； to hurry ； to pursue.
趕緊 to pursue closely ； as quickly as possible.
Jean ^ sticks.
kan 甘 .sweet ； agreeable ； willing.
甘 心 voluntarily.
甘 願 free will ； voluntarily.
甘結 ：i bond of good faith ； a voluntary agreement.
甘 草 liquorice.
kan 粗 tlie maudarin orange.
皮 orauge peel.
han 敢 to dare ； can; also in the interrogative, and
hence negative, sense, can I ？ should I ? i.e., I
cannot, I dare not (= 豈 敢， 1腹 can I ？ I dare
not).
敢 不敬遵 how could I dare not to rcspectfuUy
obey ？
toz 橄 the Chinese olive.
橄 襟 olives (Chinese).
kan 烕 to be grateful.
烕 激 to thank; grateful.
威 荷 to be obliged.
烕 恩 to feel obliged.
威 鴻 恩， to be greatly obliged.
¥an 看 to see ； to look ； to inspect.
看守 to watch (a ship) ； a watcher ； a tidewaiter.
¥cm 堪 to be able.
堪 以 to be fit for.
堪 克 adequate to ； competent to.
堪 虞 fraught with danger.
h^cm 勘 to inspect,
攝 度 to measure ； to survey (as land for a site to
build upon),
勘 量 to survey (as a ship).
Jc'an 刊 to cut ； to cut blocks for printing ； to engrave ；
to print.
刊 刻 to cut blocks for printing ； to print.
刊 刻成本 I to print (on blocks) in pamphlet or
ill Tfc ( book form.
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h'ang
kao
' to oppose ； to resist.
Lang 杠 (also written 杠) a yard on a mast ； a pole.
Z'rtHf/ ； f 貢 a trunk ； a box ； a carrying- pole.
/'■"''^7 剛 hard ； firm.
岡 ij 石 granite.
綱 to control.
鋼 steel.
tang 康 the feeling of vigour ； ease ； repose.
康 襄 healthy-uiinded and joyful.
康 頓 enjoying robust health in old age.
康 强 robust ； strong ； vigorous.
康 熙 the Emperor K'ang Hsi.
抗
抗 敵'
抗 價 to keep up the price.
高 high ； lofty.
高 下 h'n^h and low ； the rate of ； higher or lower ；
dLttereutly adjusted.
高 估 a high valuation ； to assess at a high value.
高升 to be promoted to a liigh post.
高 掛 to suspend high up.
高 粮 millet.
高 麗 (hio-lij Corea; Corean.
高麗參 Corean ginseng.
hao 稿 the draft of a document ； an original copy.
kao 膏 fat ； greasy ； a preparation of greasy appearance,
like ointment, etc. ； prepared opium.
膏 W. the likin tax on prepared opium ； the boil-
ing tax ； the Icao-li tax.
膏 梁 rich ； wealthy ； well off.
kao 煞 a lauib ； standing for 膏 (kao), fat, greasy, etc.
kao 告 to inform ； to tell ； to announce; to ask for; to
accuse.
告 假 to ask for leave of absence ； leave.
告病 to report oneself sick ； to ask for sick leave.
告白 a notice ； a placard.
吿 知 to inform.
吿 狀 an indictment ； to p 進 ecute ； to accuse.
告； n public notice ； a proclamation.
告 罪 to apologise.
詰 to enjoin upon ； to proclaim,
fc'rto 靠 to lean against ； by the side of; to rely on.
k《ao
kei
Jem
Urn
kcng
考 to examine ； aged ； deceased parents.
考 試 to examine ； to take one's degree.
考 驗 to examine (as a candidate).
考選局 a l»t'Jinl of cxMiiiination.
考究
to examine ； to investigate.
拷 Ihe niiinf^Tovt' tree.
m 皮 mangrove bark.
J^， See chi.
根 classifier of needles, muskets, wood beams, etc. ；
the root ； thoroughly.
根 本 root ； origin.
根 末 beginning and end ； the whole of.
报究 to investigate thorouf^hly.
肯 willing ； to wish.
懇 to beg; truly ； earnest.
懇請 y
懇 求 to beg ； to petition ； to beseech ； to entreat,
懇祈、
懇 恩 to pray for favour.
更 a, watch (of the night = two hours) ； to alter;
still more ； moreover ； again.
更
改?
更
變 ； to change.
更
換 \
更
正 to correct.
更
張 to overrule ； to change existing ways.
更
加 to make alterations and additions.
更
訂 to alter ； to 腿 end (as rules).
更
定 條 約 an amended or revised Treaty.
更
不 still less ； much less.
Mng
梗
straight.
kcng
耕
to plough ； to till;
k^mg
坑
a pit.
坑
砂 manure-cake ； poudrette.
ho
各
eiich ； every ； all ； sign of the plural.
各
%k all kinds ； the various kindt^.
各
項 ； ill kinds ； all descriptions.
各
樣 all sorts.
各
檨 傘 all sorts of umbrellas.
各 種 of all kinds ； of every class.
各 色 of AX kinds ； of all descriptions.
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lo 名 '"'all denominations.
各 國 l<'ivi,un countries ； the Treaty Po\vei*s.
各 0 大臣 the Treaty Power Ministers.
各國 領事宫 the Treaty Power Consuls.
各 路 :it all places ； in all directions.
各 省 the provinces.
各 0 the ports; the Treaty ports*.
各 口分章 local rules (at the various ports).
各 行 the sliops (of a place) ； the firms,
各 商 the merchant's; all the merchants.
谷 稅 duties (of various classes).
各 貨 〃'（' goods.
各事 A 练 individuals connected with the
several functions of; those who are charged with
the duties of.
各等因 '.',， ^ 因 (t&i'd yin); "such arguments;"
" etc.,'' after the enumeration of a number of
itrgumeiit -、
各該關 all the said Custom Houses.
各 適其用 者 each accords with (or is adapted
to) the use (to which it is put).
各羅期 (I'o-lo-ssfi) a gross.
ko
格 a rule.
格式 ：i pattern.
格 外 outside the rule ； extraordinary.
格外施 恩 to grant a special favour.
ko
閣 an upper room ； a council chamber.
閣下 Sir ; you (as a term of respect in letters, etc.).
ko
媚 to obstruct ； to put down at a place.
摘淺 to run ashore ； to strand.
ko
哥 an elder brother.
ko
歌 to sing ； to praise.
ko
割 to out otf; to injure ； to ruin.
割 斷 to cut asunder.
ko
隔 to divide off"; to occupy the middle between two
localities.
Ico
鳴 拉 (Ma) the city of Galatz.
ko
鶴 chariots and spears; mixed ； confused.
ko
革 to deprive of rank and office ； to dismiss from
oftice.
革職 to degrade an official.
革退 to dismiss from office.
革 換 to remove from office ； to suspend.
ho
個 (筒 or 个) a piece fa general classifier).
to
可 can ； may ； will do.
7c(o 可 也 " this will do" (a final phrase which need
not be translatedj.
可 以 can ； may.
可 行 may be done ； allowable.
可 惡 detestable ； hateful.
可 惜 it is a pity ； to be regretted.
可 見 one may see ； it is evident that.
可 否 whether or not it is possible to.
可不必 need not be ； may be dispensed
with.
可無盧 one need not fear this.
可 期漸旺 one may hope for a gradual rise.
k'o 科 to calculate from ； practice ； profession ； medical
art ； the exauiiuatioa for the two highest degrees ；
series ； rank.
科 征 to tax at a certain rate ； to assess a tax ； to
ti\ the rate of a tax ； taxation.
科 稅 extra duty ； additional duty ； to exact a tax.
科 試 the triennial examination.
& (0 課 taxes : revenue ； a task; a job ； to examine ； to
counsel.
課 稅 duties ； charges on goods.
課館 a revenue office.
^'o 媒 a silver ingot ； bullion.
k'o 刻 to engrave ； the eighth part of a Chinese hour,
or 15 minutejj ； a set time.
刻 明 to engrave legibly.
刻 下 at present.
亥 Ij 曰 a fixed day.
k'o 穀 shell ； skin ； husk.
0 'Jm (used for $盖 fc'o) to comply with ； to die.
\i 逝 to depart for a better life ； to die (said of
the death of high officials).
" $t to knock.
硫 頭 to knock the head (on the floor) ； to perform
the k^o-t^oa.
^'0 克 able to ； competent to ； to subdue.
克孕 to be able to enjoy life ； to enjoy good
health.
克 i% adequate to ； competent to.
& '0 Sli to overcome ； to injure ； to kill.
恪 守 to carefully maintain (as rules and regula-
tions).
恪 遵 to respectfully obey ； to recognise as binding.
& '0 客 a guest ； a stranger ； a travelling merchant ； a
passenger.
客商 a merchant ； a commercial traveller.
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iu couuexion with ； in collusion with.
to 客 家 :i customer.
客 貨 merchandise.
客 寓 travellers' lodgings ； (on boavtl hliip) cabins.
h'o 闘 bivKid ； breadth.
k'o 靡 wide ； spacious.
廊 淸 spaei'iiis and clear.
kou 勾 to l)e connected with ； a hook.
勾通
勾串
勾 引 to entice.
kou }5j to hook ； to adhere to; to grasp.
kou 钩 ;i hook ； a speax.
kou 構 to pull ； to scheme ； to plot.
*。" 購 ?t。bu、'.
購買 i ~
購 用 to buy for one's own use.
購 運 to buy and forward.
hou 穀 euoiigli.
¥ou 口 the mouth ； by word of mouth ； the mouth of a
river, creek, street, road, etc. ； ； i port ； a classifier
of persons, cannon balls, bags, coffins, etc.
口 供 depositions ； oral statements ； testimony.
口詞 a verbal communication.
口奏 a verbal statement to the Emperor.
口荑 t 分 plj difficult to explain.
口 舌 altercation,
口岸 a port ； ports.
口 内 口 夕卜 in port and outside a port.
口 夕卜弓 I 費 pilotage fees ； pilotage charges.
k^ou Pp to knock ； to pray for.
Dp 頭 to knock the head (on the floor) ； to perform
the k'o-tU^u.
D|J 乞 to implore ； to beg.
叩 恩 豁 免 to ask to be magnanimously exempted
from punishment.
tou 扣 to knock off ； to discount ； a classiJier of docu-
ments ； standing for $TI， a button.
扣 算^
扣 ft r t。 deduct.
扣 除、
扣 除核算 to deduct in calculating (as the
nuliiber of days spent in repair in calculating
the term of tonnage dues certificates).
扣 布 Moths.
A'ow §口 a button.
ou
kit
- robliers ； banditti.
ku
kit
ku
hu
> (.-unosities ； antiques.
kit
hu
ku
寇 .
寇賊
7^ uirdamoui seeds.
古 did ； ancient.
古 今 ancient and modern ； of all periods.
古 年 in ancient years.
古 ^ old porcelain.
古董
古玩
古 銅 5ff okl copperware.
古 巴 (h'，) Culm.
估 vjihie ； to value.
估 價 vjiliie ； to estimate value.
估 徵 to charge duty ad valorem.
故 a cause; a re;i.son ； causing ； to cause ； therefore ；
on purpose ； old.
敌 意 on purpose.
敌 to offend wilfully.
敌違 to wilfully oftend against the law.
敌蹈 前繊 to imrpo.sdy follow in the oKl track;
to resume one's tbriuer malpractices.
沾 to buy ； to sell.
牽 fault;
辜負 to be ungrateful for.
固 assuredly; decidedly ； firmly ； (=本 來) ori-
ginally ； in itself.
固屬 ffi 虞 to be iu itself fraught with (l;\n<^er ；
to c'lustitute a danger in itself (not to speak of
other dangers),
姑 to tolerate ； lenient ； a girL
姑宽 to show indulgence.
姑 息 indulgent.
孤 an orphan ； single ； solitary.
孤 寡婦女 orphans and widows.
股 the thigh of a, leg ； a share in a concern ； a lot.
股 Mi the legs and arms [of the monarch] ； i.e., his
higlK-'^t officers, " his rijjht hand.''
股 fli' 心 醫 the right liand anil l>ackbone [of
Iifiporiiil power].
股分； I share in a concern.
股分 黑；、 share certificate.
穀 grain ； substantial ； wealthy.
雜 a hoop.
骨 a bone.
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ku 谷 u valley ； n ravine ； difficulty ； eiiibaiTassment.
ku 鼓 a ilriiru ； to (iriiiu ； to stimiilute.
！ Jii to "drum to exertion;" to encourage.
5〗 励 "> rouse; to stimulate.
鼓 浪 魄 the island of Kulimgsu (Amoy).
hi 賈 to I»uy ； to sell ； a resident mcrcliant, as ojjposed
t" 商 ('-iliang), a travelling nierchiint ； a shop-
keeper ； price.
買買 to buy.
K 售 to sell.
賀市 a market ； a bazaar.
" 1 雇 ('"* 孤、 to hire.
憶 ^ t" seek to hire; to engage the services of.
1 展 船 t'> fliarter :i vessel.
1 雇 用 t" liirc ； to charter (as a vessel).
1 展 工 to iiire labourers.
1 展 定 to settle about an engagement ； to hire ； to
enpi^e (as an employ^).
1 雇 主 the omployer of a labourer, vessel, etc.
人'" 顧 to attend to ； to be a customer ； to visit ； to look ；
to consider; to care for,
顧盧 consider.
顧 復 to rememljer kindly ； to take protective care.
顧 全大局 to look out for the best interests of
a iiuitiiT.
k'u 枯 decayed ； rotten.
fc'u 苦 bitter; distress.
苦不 i 甚言 inetfable distress.
A(« 哭 to weep.
窟 a cjive ； a cavern.
人 '(w J5 ;i ilepnt ； a treasury ； an armoury.
庫 聽 :in asyistant treasurer in the Provincial
Treasury, i.q. ying 庫天使 (q.v.), of which
it is the abreviated official form.
庫吏 a treasury clerk.
^ua 瓜 cucumbers, melons, etc.
瓜 子 melon seeds.
瓜 B 圭 {kaa-xoa) Java ； corrupted from 爪 桂
{chao-^va).
刮 to scrape ； to pare oft'.
人 括 to include.
寡 few ； little ； single ； alone ； a widow.
募 人" I， the Emperor."
寡 婦 a widow.
卦 ;i prognostic.
kua
kua
kuai
kuai
kuai
k'nai
k'uai
hmi
huan
huan
卦 命 to tell fortunes.
掛 to hang up ； to suspend.
掛 燈 lanterns.
掛 號 to provide with a number ； to register.
掛]! ^望臺 a signal station.
掛 心 suspense ； anxiety.
掛念 to anxiously think of; to be in a state of
su.spen.se.
誇 to boast ； to brag.
乖 eccentric ； strange.
乖 巧 clever ； artful.
拐 to swindle ； to kidnap.
拐 Is to swindle ； to beguile. .
怪 strange; singular.
快 ghtd ； cheerful ； quick.
快 慰 pleased ； glad.
快 活 cheerful ； lively.
塊 a piece ； a lump ； classifier of wooden planks.
官 a Government officer ； a mandarin ； official ；
superior.
宫 員 Government officers.
宫 商 officials and merchants.
宫 民 officials and private people.
官守 to hold office ； to have jurisdiction.
官 欽 official moneys.
官 設銀號 an official bank ； a banker authorised
by the Government to receive official moneys.
官 用 for ofiicial use.
官 差 official servants.
官 銜 brevet rank ； official rank.
官 碼 頭 a Government jetty ； an authorised jetty
(fur the ； shipment of goods).
宫書局 a pioviucial government printing office.
宫 監 :xn official jail.
官 結 to be guaranteed by the authorities ； to
possess a certificate of character issued by a public
office.
官天手 $去 碼 an official or standard set of
scales and weights.
宫燕富 superior birds' nests.
棺''
棺材
管 to control) a tube.
管轄 to regulate ； to govern.
a coffin.
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hian 管 3 里 to manage ； to govern.
管 下 under one's jurisdiction.
管束 to exercise supervision over ； to restrain.
管 押 to keep custody (as of a ship).
管事 a manager (us of a bank).
管銀房 a treasurer ； au accouutaiit.
管銅務 in charge of coinage matters.
管 輪 an -'iitfineer of a steamer.
管 船夥長 the first mate of a ^^hip.
hian |§ (or 館 i an inn ； a lodge.
kuan 灌 to pour into ； to drink ； to assemble.
灌 藥 槍 彈 eartrklges.
kuan 觀 to look at ； to see ； to inspect.
觀望 to look on ； remiss ； negligent.
觀 光 to view the glory ； politely for " to meet
you " (as in accepting an invitation).
hian 關 t("i lock (as u gate) ； a Custom House ； the Cus-
toms ； to concern.
關 閉 to close.
關 口 a Custom House ； a pass.
關 :i post or guard station.
關 吏）
關 役 i
關大使 an exainiiiei* or an accountant in the
Nittive Customs.
關 Q 肖 a Customs officer ； tidewaiters ； watchers.
闘 Jinf a Customs cruiser ； Customs property : ships.
關 Custom's houses ； Customs property : bouses.
關 憲 lionornry title used in addressing a high
Customs otHcial ； the Customs authorities.
關 部 official designation of the Hoppo at Canton.
li -|r barriers.
關 津 guard houses at fords.
關 楼 bonded warehouses.
關 ^ piinted by the Customs.
B§ 照 to cnnie to an understanding with each other ；
a siiiliii<^r letter (for junks) ； a passport.
關 照 船 a registered junk.
關 剥 船 a registered cargo-boat.
關 防 an official seal ； concerns ； consequences.
II 防 圖 State seals and private seals ； to affix
one's seal or seals.
關 章 a Customs regulation ； Customs regulations.
顧 費 Customs fees.
( 'lu tc'm House officers.
A^iwm 脇平銀 lit., "Ivor ！ IS per Customs weight; Cus-
toms money ； Haikwan tne\ money.
關 涉 to concern ； to h fleet ； to be implicated.
m 係 I to concern ； to be connected with ； to result
關 W \ in ； consequences.
膽 手 to be connected with ； to l>e tlie result of.
關 束 KuMiitunj:, or Munrliiim.
關柬 人 參 native (Manchuriiin) ginseng.
^uan 冠 11 cap ； the cap :us a symbol of majority ； the
chief. "
A;"rt" 貫 11 string (； us of ni-sii); to string ； to conuet t.
賞 串 to strinji ； to connect.
hian 'U accustomed to.
慣 習 to have routine in.
¥%an 寬 to extend ; broad; wide ； l>re;nUh ； 、viiUh; for-
giving ； lenieiK-y ； to relax ； to initignte.
寬 厚 breadth and thickness.
寬 長 broad and long ； dimensions ； size.
寬 窄 liroad and narrow; breadth,
宽聞 若干嚼 數若干 a ship's measurement
aiui U'liiiJig"
寬 恩 to extend favour ； benevolence.
宽 緩 in'er;il ； sluAvly.
寬 ft to kindly exempt ； to forgive.
寬 to let off leniently ； to rciiiit pimishnient ；
to show leniency.
寬 予假期 t" li^'fially grant :i tor in of leave.
寬 釋 t" iinlnlgently release.
h^'Udn 款 (ox 欽) an item ； a kind ； ； i sort ； also, a para-
graph ； an article (as in a Tro:ity) ； a section ；
it f 1118 of money ； means of existence ； funds.
款 項 items; expenditure.
款 式 it pattern ； a kind ； a specimen.
hiang 光 brilliant; to shine ； to 、- e ott" light ； bright ；
brightness ； to illumine.
光臨 to honour one with a visit.
光 緒 the period of reigii of the Emperor Kuan'g
Hsu.
huang 廣 broad ； to make broad ； to extend ； ( = 廣 柬)
the province of Kwangtung; Canton ； Cantouese.
廣曉諭 to f>"ive wide circulation ； to make pro-
L-liiiiiation everywhere.
廣储巧 the Treasury of tlie Privy Purse.
廣糧廳 a departmental grain-collector at Canton.
廣 貨 Cantonese goods.
廣 東 the Kwangtun^' province ； Cantonese.
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k'uang
k'uauff
k'uang
kuci
luang 廣 '^； Canton hemp twine.
f$i 州 城 the city of Canton.
成 西 the Kwiingsi province.
廣 JjS K\»juij;-ch*i-hsien (a coal-in-odncing district
in Hupeh).
g a basket.
to lie ； to deceive.
狂 iniui ； iimiluess.
狂風 a g"le of wind.
VJJ iiiDre ； moreover ； still more.
嚷 to waste (as time) ； clear; bright.
歸 to revert to; to belong to; to be under the
control oi".
£i5 於 t" conic witliin the category of.
Sfi M 至 當 t" iittaiii to the highest degree of
-、 tut: 山 leness.
5^5 15. to retvirii to one's regiment or division,
glff 併 承 辦 to revert to the conjoint nianage-
II Kill '>i.
歸 另 議 to become the subject of special nego-
ti;it inn.
歸中 國人宫 to become liable to confiscation
i,y the L'hinese Government.
歸 宫 to he confiscated.
歸畫一 to make uniform ； to obtain uniformity.
歸 償 to make compensation for; to iudemnify ；
tti [lay back.
B 帚某 A to belong to such and such a person.
I'uei 規 Mile ； usage ； custom ； customary.
規 費 customary fees ； gratuities.
規 失巨 custom ； usage.
親 模 a pattern ； a rule.
規 條 regulations ； byelaws.
親 弔叙） the local tael currency at Shanghai ；
規銀 I the Shanghai tael.
hui 娃 cassia ； KiU'i-lin-fu, tlie capital of Kwangsi.
桂 皮 cassia lignea,
旌皮油 cassi;' ("1.
徒 子 cassia buds.
旌 枝 cassia twigs.
徒 圓 ilried lun-^-ngans.
旌圓肉 lun^'-ni^ans without the stone ； limg-ngan
桂 帶 silk ribbons.
hiei 諭 to deceive ； to blame.
誠 識 treacherous.
kuci 跪 to kneel down.
跪 奏 U) make a respectful representation to the
Thruiie.
跪襄 to make an humble petition.
kuei 責 dear ； esteemed ； " you," or that wliich pertains
to tlie person ad<iressed.
賁價； I high price.
貴 客 esteemed merchants ； "you" (when addres-
sin^i inercliiints).
貴 國 your country.
貴 恙 your disease.
貴 庚 your ac^e.
貴 業 your profession ； your trade.
貴 處 your office ； you.
賁 道 you, the TaotVi.
貴 稅務司 you, the Commissiouer of Customs.
貴 王 V<uu* Highness.
貴王 大臣 Your Highness (i.e., Prince Kung)
and the other Ministers [of the Tsungli Yamen].
^ the Kweichow province.
kuci 植 a box ； a counter.
¥mi 戯 to lose ； to fail ； a defect.
韜空 a deficit ； failure in payment.
戯缺 a deficiency.
腐累 to involve in losses.
魅 折 to suffer loss.
tuei 挨 to surmise.
k'uei 奏 the sun-flower ； the tree furnishing palm-leaf fans.
蔡 扇 palm-leaf fans.
h'nd 窺 to peep ； to spy.
k'uei 愧 strange ； extraordinary.
Jc^tiei 愧 to be iishamecl.
k^iiei 魁 great ； eminent ； the head.
魁首 a head ； a chief.
k'uei 麓 food ； victuals ； to present to.
kun 棍 a stick ； a knave.
棍 徒 sharpers ； villains ； mauvais svjcts.
tiin 困 fatigued ； weak ； poor.
k'un »j '困 real feelings or sentiments.
k'un 掘 to bind; to tie.
棚 押 to bind and lock up ； to put in irons.
h^u7i 糸困 to bind ； to cord up ； to weave.
kung 工 work ； to work ； workmen.
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hunff 工 人 a workman ； a coolie.
工 食 rations ； fooil provided for a labourer.
工値 ( the price of work ; 、v;i"'es.
工銀 i
工 作 to flo work ； coolie labour ； tho work done
(as at a dock).
工 期 ； I, period or tenu for do'uv^ lnViour (as entered
upnii by a coolie workman).
工 諜 job 、vork; jobs.
工 失 work ； labour ； business.
工 部 the Board of Works.
工部局 the Municipal Council (at Shanghai).
kung 功 merit.
劝 勞 merit ； meritorious service.
功) :i biidge of merit ； a niediil iiwarded to
soliliers.
Jjj 賜 to bestow on account of merit.
hung 攻 to attack ； to assault.
kung 買 tribute ； superior in quality.
貢 品 articles of trilmte.
貢 tribute tea ； yuperior tea.
kung 弓 a bow.
kung 躬 the body ； one's person.
kung 公 just; correct (as standard weights) ； fair; public ；
a duke.
公 正 publif spirited and upright in character.
公 允 — t ； fair.
公 nj] just and intelligent.
公 署 a public office ； a yamen.
公 所 a public office ； an agency ； a trade union ； a
— 1 丄
公 |§ the residence of ； m official or a literary man.
公會 confederation ； a union ； a national as-
sembly ； a universal exhibition.
公 欽 Government moneys.
公 欽 購 辧 to buy from Government funds.
公 用之物 articles for Government use.
公 用之欽 moneys for Government use.
公 項 public moneys.
公 估 an assay office.
公估店 a silver appraiser's shop.
公 費 public expenditure.
公事
kung 公司： 》 public coiupuny ； a mail steamer com-
公務 i
public aft'airs ； official business ； office work.
hunff
hung
hung
kung
kung
kung
hung
JcHmg
公 司輪船 ：i ^teiuncr.
公洋藥 >
公班土 1 Patiia opium.
公烟 、
公 冗 pi 山 lie business ； official duties.
公 立 t" publicly draw up (as !i protocol) ； to sigQ
a imblic (as a protest).
公議 tu discuss in public ； a public meeting.
公 同 conjointly ； on joint account; in company.
公 同商定 to conjointly aj^ree upon.
公 f^U 商 定准行 conjointly discussed aiul ap-
pri )ved of (m.s by a body of otticiuls).
公 私 official and private.
公 便 just and expedient.
公 道 just ； lair.
公 侯 duke and inaniuess ； fig., high rank.
共 all; in all.
共 計 calculated to make in all ； total.
共 会 all united ； grand total.
共 同 all together ； total.
供 to deposit ； the deposition (of a witness) ； to
supply ； to give.
供 to "dve evidence ； to depose.
fit 養 to support ； to nourish ； to supply.
恭 oiiurteous ； respectful.
恭 敬 most respectfully.
恭 卩 P to respectfully pray ； a respectful petition.
恭 I 青 to respectfully request or invite.
恭 錄 to respectfully copy or record.
恭措 to respectfully memorialise.
恭賀 to congratulate.
宫 a i)alnce.
宫 保 Guardian of the Heir Apparent (a title).
the arm ； n support to the Throne ； the right
hand of.
礦 a mine.
纖 ore ； a mine.
纖 銅 copper ore.
空 empty.
空 瓶 enipt.v l)Ottles.
空 船 ail empty vessel ； u vessel in lallast.
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k^utig 空 白 l.jank >s a form not filled up) ； i\ Mank form.
白式樣 blunk forms.
k*un(j 控 to strike ； to accuse.
控 告 to accuse.
k^nng 恐 t" foar ； to apprehend.
恐 有未舍 it " to lie feared that it is not in
"111".
k'umj 孔 ； I holo ； hollow ； excellent.
孔 雀 a peacfx-k.
孔 雀 0! the peacock's feather as a decoration of
nifi it.
kuo 國 uir 国) a country.
國家 the Government.
國 jj; the laws of the country.
國 I if <;nverniuent expentliture.
國 the Imperial revenue.
國 計 (； overniuent plans ； politics ； finances of a
L-ountrv.
國會 ：i parliunient ； a national assembly,
kno 鍋 ：i jtan.
kuo 過 to pass ； to exceed ； too ； after a verb, a sign of
the past - have, has, having.
過 關 to pass a Custom House.
過卡 to cross a Customs barrier.
過 攝江沙 to cross the bar.
JS. 种 to pass the scales ； to be weighed.
過 載 to transfer cargo from one ship to another ；
to tranship.
過載 輸舰 to tranship to a steamer.
過 船 之准單 a pennit to tranship.
過 年
過 節
過 期 I
過 PS 期 I'
過 聘 I'eyoml the stipulated time.
過 帳 the Kwochang system, a speciality of banking
business at Ningpo and other places.
過 長 excessively long ； too long.
過 重 excess ； too heavy.
過 宽 too lenient ； to go too far in being lenient.
過 衆 too many ； an excessively large crowd.
過 慮 to care too much about ； to trouble about.
"0 果 fruit ； really ； truly ； indeed.
果 品 fruit.
the new year.
I exceed a limit.
kuo 葉 fruit.
kuo 裹 to wrap up ； to tetter ； a bundle.
裹足 tu impede ； to fetter.
kHio 閱 "pen; wide.
k'uo 擴 to enlarge ； to expand.
擴充 to carry out to the utmost,
L.
la t 剩 to talk fast.
庄 土 Benares opium.
Id 拉 t o pull ； to drag.
拉 司 (in imitation of the English sound "last")
a ht.st (Euglish weight or measure).
腦 the winter month.
腦 月 the twelfth moon of the year.
" wax.
蠟 燭 candles.
Idi 來 to come.
來 往 to come and go ； to traffic ； intercourse.
來家 to come to one's bouse.
來 省 to oome to the provincial capital.
來 控 to lodge a complaint.
來 f 言 an incoming letter.
來 文 an incoming despatch ； an official letter
received,
來路 to come by a road ； brought from abroad,
like foreign goods ； provenance; source; origin.
來 年 next year.
Zai 寶 to give ； to bestow. *
赖 to rely on ； to depend on.
Idn 攔 )
摘檔 J> to stop ； to obstruct ； to intercept.
攔 阻、
擺江沙 a bank or shoal barring the river ； a bar ；
tlie Woo sung Bar.
糊 a wiling.
桐 杯 silk ribbons,
爛 to break ； to tear ； over-ripe (as fruit) ； rotten,
Z(m 濫 to encroach ； to intrude.
濫 膚赴者 to become a candidate for examina-
tiou without the necessary qualification.
" 藍 a basket.
藍帽 a cage (top of a beacon made of basket-
work).
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Ian 藍 ijj the centre of a cage or l^askct.
/,..(" 藍 blue; (= 法藍 f'"an or J-g 琅 fa-hng^)
cloisonne or euanielled ware.
藍 {iM the " Blue Feather :' as a distinction of
merit.
籃 IS mcligo.
藍 白色旅 a blue and white flag; the rciulez-
vous flag (MarryxVt's Code).
藍 光 a blue light.
藍 花 coarse chinaware (at Kiukiang); lit., " hluc
pattern."
Ian
覽
to inspect ； to behold from a distance.
覽
觀 to take a view ； to witness a spectacle.
Ian
攬
to grasp ； to seize ； to hoard up.
Ian
olives (Chinese).
欖
仁 olive seeds.
Ian
a rope ； a cable.
Ian
婪
covetous ； greedy ； extortion.
Ian
懶
idle ； lazy.
―
m
waves ； unsettled ； dissipated.
郞
a term of respect for officers and persons ； clear ；
lofty.
中 a secretary in a metropolitan Ijoard.
1 冊 fj 榔 betel-nuts.
hto 老 old ； venerable ； hard ； dark iu colour.
老鹿 3 old deer horns.
老爺 a term of respect : the Honourable ； Mr.,
when applied to officials.
老 幼 old and young ； all ； everybody.
老 f i£ 無準 used up and inaccurate (as an old
set of scales).
老 實 honest ； free from vice ； genuine.
勞 toil ； exertion ； merit ； to exert oneself.
勞 績 merit.
勞費 to encourage by rewards,
牢 )
牢監 japi'iscm'
I§ to burn ； to brand.
lao
lao
lao
lo
i
赂 印 to emboss ； to brand.
勒 to coerce ； to bind ； to force.
勒索 to extort ； to " squeeze."
勒 死 to strangle.
JRff to "'ike.
Jl? & 此奉覆 I write this iu reply.
K ^ to reply.
^0 樂 to be glnd; joyous.
用 to "'Wily use ； to like usin;'.
！" 累 to involve; to implicate; trouljle ； troublesome
repetition.
累 次 repeatedly ； again and ajjain.
lei 1 蟲 to injure ； to destroy.
&S 墨 to pile up ； reiterated ； repeatedly.
？ 1 暴 icUc ； lazy ； sickly.
U 類 a category.
I— ？ ft cold ； frigid ； indifferent.
" 里 a hamlet ； a village; one's native village ； a
Chinese measure of length ef[ual to about a thin!
of an English mile.
" 理 a theory ； a mle; ought to; duly ； to manage ；
to regulate.
理
諭 to discuss ； to reason.
理
m
應 )
^ 1 duly ； as in duty bound.
理
合愤文 to duly write a despatch.
理
當 must ； it is right (or proper) to ； proper.
理
船廳 a harbour master.
理
船 © 章 程 Harbour Regulations.
li
裏
(or inside ； ^thin.
li
a plum ； to prepare for a jouruej'.
li
利
profit ； interest ； shaq) ； edged.
利 息 interest (on money) ； profit on trade.
利 ^ advantage ； profit.
^Ij 病 advantage and disease ； i.e., good ami evil.
利 器 edged tools ； knives ； cutlery.
梨 a pear tree.
？ i 璃 strass ； glass.
li 離 to take a、vay ； to part ； to leave ； away fi'oiii.
離開 to leave (a place) ； to start from; to be apart
ti'om.
離 馬 頭 to leave the jetty.
離家 to leave home.
離 父 母 to be separated from one's parents.
離 卡不遠 not far from the banicr.
li 麗 elegant ； graceful.
li 曆 astronomical calculation ； a calendar; being' a
forbidden character, should be wiittcn 歴 or 歴
(li)' '
li 歴 (or 歷) fi calendar ( = 暦)； a succession of ； to
pass by ； up to the pvescut.
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- the likin tax.
歴 書 an almanac ； a calendar.
歷徑 to have [done] up to the present.
歴 來 liitherto.
歴 今年久 up to the present year.
歴 年 !or a number of years ； in the lapse of years.
歴陳 to state events one by one, in order.
歴情 to narrate facts one by one, in order.
症 (or 厘) a cash (the i,oooth part of a tael) ； the
likin tax.
^金
馥捐
想 稅 the likin Uix ； also, likin taxes (li) and
onlinarj' duties (shui). Cf. skui 稅 璧.
澄 務總局 a head Likin office.
雜 litis ； ceremony.
禮 儀 the ceremonial ； politeness.
隨 部 the Board of Ceremonies.
|§ 貌 polite ； politeness,
jjf 物 presents.
體單； I list of presents sent.
禮拜 a week ； to worship.
禮拜日 Sunduy ； on Sundays.
鱧拜五 Friday.
禮 體 "tie's moral and physical condition.
履 to walk ； to tread in the path of.
履 德 to tread in the path of virtue.
立 to erect ； to settle ； to conclude (as a Treaty) ；
to draft; to set up; (=立 刻) immediately; at
once ； thereupon.
立 定 to introduce (as an arrangement) ； to put
into operation ； to settle.
立定合 同 to fix by contract.
立 業 to establish in business ； to work for a living.
立生意 to set up in business.
立案 to enter a plaint in court.
立據 to draw up a certificate, or a record, which
is to have legal force ； to place on official record ；
to lodge a protest ； a protest.
立憑單 to draw up a certificate.
立 此專條 to draw up this special rule.
立約 to conclude a Treaty ； to make an agreement.
立傳 to send for at once ； to summon one without
delay.
立 刻 immediately; instantly.
粒 a grain of rice ； a classifier of bullets, cartridges,
shells, etc.
' the lichee fruit ； lichees.
li 勵 to animate ； to encourage ； to exert one's strength.
li 纏 oysters.
纏 穀 oyster shells ； sea shells.
li 奥 )
_ >the chestnut : chestnuts.
粟子 i
li 慄 fear; to fear.
li 力 strength ； to be able to.
力 量 vigour ； ability ； solvency.
方 衰 weak ； worn out (as by age).
力能 to be strong enough to.
" M i
荔枝'
li a crime ； a fault ； to stoop.
li 吏 ； I magistrate ； a Government officer ； a deputy,
吏 部 the Board of Civil 0 迅 ce.
li 隸 official servants ； attached to ； belonging to.
载 卒 attendants in public offices.
li 例 rule ； law ； according to regulation.
例 准 permitted by the regulations.
例不納 税之物 articles not subject to duty.
例應完 稅之貨 luercliandise subject to duty.
Hang 兩 ； t tael ； taels ； two ； both.
兩 宫 the two Empresses.
兩 歧 diverging ； ambiguous ； a double mode of
dealing with a question.
兩 歧辦法 two different methods of acting.
兩 廣 the Two Kwang provinces (Kwangtung and
Kwangsi).
兩 江 the Two Kiang, ― a viceregal district com-
prising the three provinces of Kiangsu, Anhwei,
and Kiangsi. The two first named being formerly
considered as one, under the name of Kiangnaiij
is the cause of only two divisions being named
in the expression.
兩旁 on both sides.
兩造 } plaintiff and defendant ； the two
兩 造之處 i parties in a suit.
兩 有禅益 to be of advantage in both respects.
Hang 輔 a classifier of carts or carriages.
Hang 量 to measure ； to calculate ； to consider.
量 地 to measure land.
量 船執照 a certificate of measurement (for a
ship).
量 加 to consider and add ； to negotiate for addi-
tional stipulations in a Treaty.
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totijf 量減 to diminish ； to lower.
li(tng 糧 (or 粮) grain paid to Government in lieu of
繮
T 里
糧
Hang
■g
哀
Hang
粱
liang
梁
掠
Hang
^、
liang
亮
亮
liao
僚
liao
寮
taxes ； grain ； rations,
grain.
piles ； joists.
comrade.
掠 to grasp ； to manage.
掠 理 to manage.
燈 a signal light ； to illuminate.
遼 remote ； distant.
遼 東 the province of Liaotung ； Manchuria.
遼 河 the river Liao, near Newchwang.
licw 料 to dispose properly ； to consider ； to think;
materials ； stuff; strass ； coloured glass.
科 理 to manage.
料 ^ glass, or vitrified ware.
料 珠 glass beads.
料 手 鐵 glass bangles or armlets.
""0 聊 careless ； dissolute.
lic^o 了 to finish.
了 結 to settle (as a case) ； to finish ； to bring to
an end.
！ ich 列 to enumerate ； to class ； a sign of the plural.
列 下 enumerated below,
列 稅 則 enumerated in the Tariff.
列 名册報 to report names entered on a list.
列 ft islands ； the islands.
liih 烈 ardent ； fiery; impetuous.
lith
lim
Urn
lien
lien
lim
lien
lien
lim
lien
lien
lin
lin
lin
lin
lin
lin
lin
裂 to split ； to crack ； to tear.
連 to connect ； to take all together ； together with ；
with ； and ； ylm; to be connected with ； insepar-
able from.
連 皮 the emhallage connected with the goods.
連 to make fast to.
連號 a connected series of numbers ； a scries.
連 日 for a number of days ； on successive clays.
連江縣 the district of Lien-chiaDg (Foochow).
蓮 the Witter lily ； the lotus.
逮 子 lily flower seeds ； lotus-nuts.
錢 a chain ； to lock together.
聯 to join ； to connect.
聯賞 to join ； to bring into line (as several objects
seen at a distance).
聯 名 to sign conjointly (as several names signed
hy 、、 ： 》y of surety).
臉 the face ； the countenance ； reputation,
飲 (sometimes wrongly written 就) to amass ； to
collect ； to accumiilutc.
燥 to separate dross by fire ； to melt.
嫁成 to burn ； to make by burning (as coke by
burning coal).
練 to practise ； to drill ； to experiment.
練軍 to drill troops.
練 a chain ； to smelt ； to refine metals.
憐 to pity.
林 a forest ； a clump of trees.
臨 at the point of; about to; whilst ； to descend.
臨 行 about to start.
臨 特 just at the time of; when about to
臨御 to occupy the Throne.
遷 to select ； to walk ； to desire.
遊派 to appoint ； to select.
鄰 near ； neighbouring.
鄰 國 the neighbouring countries.
i 稟 (interchanged with "f 稟 lin, to fear) to tremble.
]M 遵 to obey strictly.
,„ J. ( " tremble and obey ；" "be careful
i 累之 5^ 之) to observe these injunctions," 一
？稟 之 愼之》 a. concluding phrase in proclama-
廣 a Government gi'anary.
廣生 a literary title : an expectant ckii-jin.
I 票 a cross-beam ； hatch-combings (of a ship).
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your.
Un 客 meau ； nigganlly.
吝 街 .、tingy ； sparing ； frugal.
/in 5? to rent ； to hire.
""'J 令 to onler ； to let ； to call upon to..
,"，3 jjt clever.
伶 巧 dever ； ingenious.
伶 便 convenient.
fiufj ^ 11 pendent tail feather ； the plume worn as a
tlecoration of merit.
Jf^ to hear ； to listen ； to obey.
]f5j 敎 to listen to one's teaching ； "I shall be
-lad to listen to your conversation " (said in
accepting the announcement of a visit).
Uh'j 零 fractional ； <lenotes a break in the decimal nota-
tion (corresponding to zero iu a series of numbers).
零 星 )
«j=w Ft ,1 /,r r miscellaneous things ； odds and
虽 小 n I ends. '
零物 ）
Hn(j 齢 the front teeth ； one's age.
linfj 頒 to receive ； to issue (as a clocuiuent) ； to govern ；
a collar.
領織 to hand to ； to issue to.
領回 to issue back ； to hand back (as a document
deposited); to re- issue; to renew, as a license
handed in for cancelling,
領 照 to issue a certificate.
領 獲 fo have received ； to get issued (as arms
from the Government).
領事官 a consul.
領港 to pilot ； a pilot.
li，i(f 靈 a spirit ； spiritual ； a soul ； a coffin.
靈 妙 ingenious ； clever.
靈柩 ft coffin with corpse.
Hiuj 较 thin silk cloth ； damask.
Kng 陵 Imperial tombs ； high ； eminent.
lino 另 extra ； apart ； separately ； besides ； again.
另 外 besides.
另項 n different kind of ； other.
另 欽 separate items ； the *' Special Account (=
Customs Account D).
另欽 之張目 an account of extra receipts
[= Customs Account £)].
另 照 having a separate certificate.
另册； I list, or table, is separately given.
另 Q another day.
另換 to exchange ； to change for another.
〃"！ y
lio
liu
Un
I'm
liu
liu
liu
lo
lo
lo
Ion
另 換船載 to transfer [cargo] to another vessel.
另 立合同 to renew a contract.
^ (。r 赂) to abridge ； an al^ridgetl statement ； a
little ； some.
暴 同 about the same ； alike.
琉 strass ； glaze ； vitreous.
琉 璃 L^'Iass ； opaque glass ； glazed.
琉璃 % glazed tiles.
jFjfc (Uu-chHu) the ，！ iU-chu Islands.
硫 sulphiu' ； brimstone.
硫 黃 sulphur and brimstone.
硫 費强水 sulphuric acid.
流 to flow.
f3fc 通 to How freely ； to expand (as trade).
流 弊 a standing nuisance. •
柳 the willow; striped.
柳 條 stripes ； striped.
柳 條 ^ striped cottons ； dimities ； quiltings.
留 to keep ； to detain.
留難 to raise difficulties by detention ； to delay
and obstruct ； obstruction.
留 滞 to detain. 、
留 住 to remain in a place ； to detain.
留 § to keep open or unoccupied (as a berth for
留 心 to be careful ； carefully .
六 （or 陸) six.
六 部 the six Boards of Government.
據 to seize ； to plunder.
螺 a conch.
螺 絲 a screw.
羅 II net ； a lace-like texture ； thin silk ； to arrange
iu order.
羅 經 a compass.
羅 經鐘差 the variation of the compass.
繮 a gong.
m ；
mm'
"骄 J! 它 毛 camel's hair.
@S 誠 earners wool.
落 to fall ； to drop ； to go down (as the settiug sun) ；
to ship goods ； to export.
落貨 to ship goods.
樓 au upper story ； a two-ytoried house ； a tower.
- a camel.
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III
lu
In
he
> on the road ； cn mite.
Ion 讓 a basket.
Ion 漏 to leak ； to evade (as payment of duty) ； to
smuggle.
漏 網 to escape (as out of a net).
漏稅 滋弊： lU the vicious modes of tlefraudiug
the revenue.
漏 射 to flash through (as a ray of light through a
gap in hills).
路 a road ； on the way ； m ro^itc.
路 上
路過 i
餐 travelling expenses.
露 dew ； to disclose ； to divulge ； to show through.
露出 to be exposed ； to be visible (as a sunken
mast sticking out of the Avater) ； to disclose.
錄 a record ； to record ； to enter.
錄 措咨呈 to submit a copy of.
陸 dry land ； (= 六) six.
陸 路 an overland road ； dry laud roads (as op-
posed to sea routes) ； land troops (as opposed to
the navy).
睦 路提督 a provincial Commander-in-Chief of
Land Forces.
陸蓮 to forward by land.
續 successively (as a land road not interrupted
hy water) ； one by one.
睦溪口 w-c7t(U'cm) Lu-k'i-k'ow (a port of call
on the Yangtze).
lu 鹿 a deer.
鹿，
鹿
鹿 皮 deer skins.
鹿 嶼 (Lu-hsil) Sugar Loaf Islaud, near Swatow.
hum 亂 to disarrange ； confused ； in confusion.
絲 頭 silk refuse ； waste silk.
魏碟 a number of reefs ； extensive reefs.
htu 倫 relation ； riglit ； in order.
倫 敦 (lun-tim) London.
htn to choose.
J 侖 擇 to select.
htn 溢 lost, as in a whirl of water.
論 落 to be lost or ruined (morally).
Iwt. 输 to twist silk ； to classify.
縮 扉 the silken gate ； the Imperial Palace; the
Court.
> deer horns.
lung
lung
lunrj
lil
lil
lil
Hi
III
Id
lil
luf
lii
論 to discuss ； to reason.
論 7i to discuss.
'^^ 定 to settle by discussion ； to decide about.
輸 :i wheel ； round ； rotatory ； alternately.
輸船 ii steamer ； steamers.
輸 to send on duty in rotation.
輪 角 稍 閱 having rounded corners and rather
broad surluces.
龍 a dragon ； Imperial.
龍 F!S lung-ngan.
ill D|: 肉 lung-ngau pulp.
龍 旌 the "dragon"' ilag ； the Chinese national
龍 位 the Imperial Throne.
龍 肇 the Imperial pencil ； the Emperor's signature.
隨 a dyke; to monopolise.
Pit 貨 to monopolise goods.
HI 斷 to monopolise.
隆 exalted ； abundant ； intense (as summer heat or
winter cold) ； Imperial.
隆 冬 the extreme of winter ； very cold weather.
愿 )
„ } repeatedly ； often.
縫 the threads of a texture ； silk threads.
呂 the spine.
呂 宋 (Ill-sung ) origmally, the island of Luzon ； the
Philippine Islands ； Manila.
吕宋繩 Manila cordage.
g 宋慕 a Manila lottery ticket.
間 a small village.
慮 to think.
旅 ；
旅客'
管 the backbone.
緣 green.
綠 茶 green tea.
綠 膠 lii-kiao (a green vegetable dye).
綠 皮 green leather.
律 laws ； statutes.
律 師 a barrister-at-Law ； a lawyer.
律 例 statutes ； the law.
律 條 fitatutes ； laws.
律 伯 克 rZ"-i50-&'oJ the city of Lubcck.
' a stranger ； a traveller ； a guest
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M.
ma 馬 li horse.
馬 路 a road for riding or driving ； used in Shang-
hai to express the roads suitable lor general
carriage traffic.
馬 扱 an overland courier.
馬 賊 mounted robbers.
馬口鐵 tinplates.
馬 巷 SS the Magistrate of Ma-hsiaug (Mahang).
ma 3 馬 the agate.
3 馬 瑶 corneliiins.
3 馬 ^ 珠 cornelian beads.
ma 碼 weights ； a yard; yards ； figures or numbers
、vriUen in the running hand style.
碼 ？ n a jetty; a wharf.
碼號 a number, or a distinguishing number added
to the mark on packages of merchandise ； No.
Ttui ^ (or 嗎) to scold ； to abuse.
脈 麻 （')r 藤 hemp.
麻 袋 hemp bags.
麻繩索 hemp cordage.
麻菓木 teak-wood.
S H ® ^ teak-wood planks.
麻蓮布 hemp sacking.
麻 布 linen.
麻棉帆 布 canvas and cotton duck.
麻 子 hemp seed.
mai 麥 wheat.
mai 膝 (pronounced mdk in Cantonese) an unauthorised
character used to represent the sound of the
English word "mark."
睹什貨 marked " Sundries."
Tmi 埋 to bury ； to conceal.
埋藏 to conceal ； to store up.
观 i 賈 to buy.
買賣 to trade ； commerce.
買 到 to have imported.
買土 貨報單 a transit memorandum (authoris-
ing the purchase of goods in the interior).
買 船准單 a license for buying a ship.
買船契 a certificate of purchase of a ship.
買 主 the purchaser. Cf. mai 賣 主.
買 客 the purchaser.
賈 貨之入 purchasers of goods.
mai 買辦 a comprador.
買保險 to take out an insurance policy.
變出卜 u.
寶售 to sell off.
寶 主 the seller. Cf. 露 i 買 主.
寶 與華人 to sell (or for sale) to Chinese.
賣 契 a biU of sale.
靈 《 這 to go ； to walk ； to disregard.
遇 當 {mai-tang, in imitation of the French sound
"m^)tre") a in^tre; metres.
體化 満 full ； complete ； Manchurian.
滿 年 a whole year.
滿十年 at the end of lo years ； the limit of lo
years having expired.
满 jH Manchii and Chinese.
滿 (man-chou) Manchu; Manchurian.
man
慢 slow ； slowly.
man
漫 reckless ； vague.
mang
忙 busy; hurried.
mao
0 苗 a cat.
mao
織 an anchor.
織 練 anclior chains.
mao
毛 feathers ； hair; wool; rough.
^ 布 gingliaius.
毛 稀 camagon-wood.
毛病 a flaw ； a blemish.
mao
冒 to make bold ； blindly ； rashly.
冒 i 賨 to venture troubling (as a superior with a
petition).
冒充 to fraudulently take the place of; to falsely
substitute.
冒 昧 ignorant ； headstrong.
冒 犯 to offend inconsiderately.
冒告 to accuse falsely.
mao 帽 a hat ； a cap.
帽 頂 the top of a thing ； the top of a beacon ； a
cap button.
md 每 every ； each.
每 日 every day ； daily.
每一 分鐘時 every minute.
每 次 each time ； iu each separate case.
每 逢 whenever ； when ； at the time of.
每逢 四個月 every four months.
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"I" 每] K 對仗 之時 whenever fighting takes place.
met 梅 a plum.
met 沒. See wo.
Old 煤 coal.
煤 炭 coal and charcoal.
煤 灰 coal ashes.
煤礦 a coal-mine ； coal mining.
煤 ^ a coal-pit.
煤 偷 the space allowed for coal on board a steamer ；
coal bunkers.
oiei 美 beautiful ； beauties ； advantages.
美 國 America ； American.
美 國據淨 參鬚參 American clai-ified gin-
seng.
美 國參下 crude American ginseng.
昧 dark ； obscure in mind.
f"&t a door ； a gate ； a classifier of guns, rifles, etc.
門 面 the front side of a gate.
牌 a census ticket.
P3 上 a gatekeeper ； a private secretary in a yarnen ；
a factotum.
"^cnff 蒙 to receive (from a superior) ； sign of the passive.
蒙 恩 to receive favours.
蒙大 人面允 to receive the Ta-jen's ("•， your)
verbal promise ； I have been promised by Your
Excellency.
蒙 古 Mongolia ； Mongolian.
')i^nfj g 蒙 to deceive ； dull ； obscure.
據 混 a misunderstanding.
•""fj 盟 an oath; to swear; to vow.
盟誓 to swear ； an oath.
盟約 ii solemn agreement.
/'ti 米 rice.
米 袋 rice bags.
米穀
米 粮
米 麥雜糧 grain of all kinds.
迷 to deceive ； stupid ； to lose.
迷失 to lose.
靡 not; without.
靡 涯 without limit ； endless.
55 to stop ； to put clown.
-"" 覚 to search ； to seek for.
覚承工 to seek emigrants for coolie labour.
' rice and other grain.
mxao
viiao
mkh
mien
党醫生 to send for a doctor ； to seek lucdical
attendance.
蜜 honey ； sweet.
蜜 錢 preserves; confectionery.
蜜 賤糖葉 preserves ； comfits ； sweetmeats.
蜜媸
■ ^'理 3^ 當 (mi-H'mai-tang, in imitation of the
French sound " millim6tro ") a iiiilliiiit'trc ； mil-
limetres.
密 secret ； silent ； close.
密 札 to give confidential instructions to.
密 力 (nii-li) a mille.
妙 perfect ； excellent.
秒 a second.
廟 a temple.
滅 to extinguish ； to be dark ； to eclipse.
f 帛 (interchanged with 綿 ( mien ), downy) the cotton
plant ； cotton.
棉 花 raw cotton.
棉 絮 waste cotton ； cotton rags.
棉 紗 cotton yarn.
棉 線 cotton thread.
棉 布 cotton cloth ； cotton piece goods.
棉被胎 cotton bed quilts ； palampores.
棉帆布 cotton duck.
棉 械 布 woollen and cotton mixtures.
棉羊棒 cotton and woollen mattresses.
f 帛 洋 € wool.
棉衣服 cotton clothes.
棉 子 cotton seed.
面 the face ； a surface ； personally ； in person ；
verbally.
面前 in front of,
面諭 to give verbal instructions.
面見 to see personally ； to interview.
面 議 to discuss personally.
面 爲商定 to consult in person.
面吿 to inform in person.
面 to report to a superior in person ； to speak
to a superior (on business).
面拍 to bid at an auction.
^ (or 麵) wheat flour.
^ 粉 fl。iir.
^ 餅 cakes ； biscuits.
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miai 免 to avoid ； to bo exempt ； to exempt ； duty free.
免 稅 t'、 o\oinpt from duty ； duty free.
免稅 執照 an exemption certificate.
,免 鈔 to be cxenipteil from payment of tounage
lines,
免 照 an exemption certificate ； a duty-free certifi-
cate for rice in times of famine ami short crops.
免其議 罰 to remit a fine.
免拆驗 to exempt [packages] from opening for
oxainination [of goodsj.
免 傷 掼 之 累 to avoid damage.
免重 徴執照 a certificate exempting from levy-
ing' duty a second time ； an exemption certificate.
免 致 (tlio opposite of 致 i-chih) so as not to;
so that there may not be.
免致收 税不公 to avoid the duty being
collected in an unjust manner.
免致一 生弊端 ill 。i'dei' that it may not
result in rontu.sion au<l abuse.
免致後 難更易 so that afterwards there may
be no difficulty in altering.
mien 勉 to urge ； to make an effort.
勉節 to endeavour to abridge.
勉 加 to make an effort.
勉勵 to exert oneself; to urge.
勉强 to be forced against one's own will ； to
coerce.
勉 强脅從 to follow ogainst one's own will.
？/ w'ii 民 the people (not being officials or soldiers) ；
people ； subjects.
民 A one of the people ； a subject.
民 間 among the people ； the people.
民 食 the people's food.
民 生 life, or maintenance, of the people.
民船 a " native boat :， (as opposed to " foreign
boats':) ； a "private or merchant jiuik" (as opposed
to "Government vessels"); also, a registered junk
plying between the ports of call on the Yangtze.
Tuin 妥 melancholy ； being a forbidden character, should
be ^vi'itten 叟 (min) or 綿 (mien ).
"min 閬 ) , ^ , . .
g V the Fukicn province.
間 省 ）
間海關 the Foochow Customs.
間 浙 總 督 the Governor-General of Fukien and
Chukiung.
間 江 the Min river.
敏 acute ； grave ； serious.
min 皿 porcelain or glass vessels (as cups, etc.) ； crockery.
mine/ 名 a personal name ； a name ； to name ； named.
名號 ：i designation ； a name ； a title.
名! ^ a muster roll.
名 目 denomination ； description of kind,
名另 "the name is separately furnished " (a
concluding phrase iu letters, meaning that one's
card is enclo-sed).
ming 若 the tender leaves of tea ； superior tea.
minfj 銘 to engrave.
viin^ 明 clear ； bri^^^ht ； shining; it is clear that ； this
shows that ； often added to verbs meaninj^ to
state, to inform, etc. ； to light up (as a revolving
or occulting light, which lights up and eclipses at
intervals) ； to-morrow.
明沙 a sand bank or shoal above water.
明 晰 clearly ； to inform ； to communicate.
明 知 to clearly know ； to be clearly known to
明 訂 to clearly define.
明? to give explicit instructions to.
明 叙 to state.
明文 fin unmistakable written passage ； a stipula-
tion in writing ； there being a mitten under-
standing about.
明 減 to light up and eclipse.
明 日 to-morrow.
ming 鳴 the cry of a bird ； to cry ； to sound.
鳴 羅 to sound a gong.
鳴 鐘 to strike a bell.
鳴 鼓 to beat a drum.
Tiling 命 to order ； to cause to ； human life.
命案 a case in which human life is concerned ； a
case of murder.
命駕 to order one's carriage ； to get ready for a
visit.
mo 莫 do not ； not.
奠 非 cannot but ； bound to.
奠若 (=不 如 pu jn) it is better to; we had
better ； lit, not like.
mo 模 a mould ； a pattern ； a model.
模 檨 pattern ； style.
模令 布爾額 f ))io-/'i'7i5r-jjw-c)-7i-ii/yo)Mecklenl)urg.
mo 末 the end ； ends ； leavings ； dust.
末後 at the end; the last ； finally ； when all is
finished.
末 尾 the last ； at the last.
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'"(> 末尾 — §i that Custom House which is at the
end ； the last Custom House [passed].
mo J
mci J "沒 to sink in the water ； to die; not ； without.
mu )
沒 藥 myrrh.
mo 默 silent ； to thiuk ； thoughtful.
mo 墨 ink (in cakes) ； Chinese, or Indian, iuk.
墨 魚 cuttle-fish.
墨 西哥國 "lo-hsi-ko) Mexico.
i)wu 某 certain (as in "a certain person"); so-and-so.
某 某 so-and-so ； such-and-such.
某國 n certain country ； some [foreign] country,
mow 謀 to plan ； to plot ； to devise.
謀殺 to plot a murder.
誌 生 to carry on trade.
謀 國 to make plans for one's country.
mott 貿 trade ； to trade.
复 ^ trade.
貿易 行帘 commercial usage.
mu 寡 to invite ； to enlist.
nm 墓 a grave ； a toiub.
mu 慕 )
j- a private secretary.
慕 友 I
<"'U 慕 to respect.
iiiu 暮 evening.
liiu 母 a mother ； female.
母丁香 mother cloves.
I'ut 牧 to pasture ； a shepherd.
牧 畜 to tend cattle.
,,iu 献 a mu or mou ； a Chinese land measure varying
in dimensions, according to locality, but averaging
about the sixth of an English acre.
am 木 wood ； wooden ； a tree.
木 浮 a wooden buoy.
木 、料 wooden materials (as of a ship); timber.
木 woodware.
木 植 timber.
木跪 a mast ； a spar.
本板 a board; a plank (classifier, huvi 塊 )•
木杆 a spar.
木杯； f§ a spar beacon.
木樁梁 IS 柱 pile?, poles, and joists.
木脾 a wooden board.
木 鞋 wooden shoes ； clogs.
木匠 I ,
' / a carpenter.
木 工 )
木架 a wootlcn frame or stand.
木 H fimgus; ajj^ric.
木 香 putchuck.
沐 to wash ； to receive favours.
沐 恩 to receive favours.
目 the eye ； nmnhers.
目 今 now.
目 親 to sec; to observe.
目 錄 a table of contents ； an index ； an inventory.
穆 majestic.
穆宗毅 Mu TsuDg I (the dynastic title of the
一 late Emperor T'ung Cum).
睦 friendly.
睦 和 friendly relation ； being on cordial terms.
N.
那 how ； where.
那有差 錯之理 where is the reason tor our
having been at fault ？ i.e., there is nothing to
show that we were in the 、、Tong.
拏 (or 拿) to take ； to seize (as smuggled goods).
擎獲 to seize.
納 to pay (as taxes, duties, etc.).
鈉 税 to pay duty.
乃 (or 適) that is; to wit ； also; and; but.
乃 而言 that is to say; that Li.
iJS milk.
奈 a I'eniedy ； a resource.
奈 何 what resource ？ no resource ； no help ； no
alternative {i.q., 無 奈' ion nai).
耐 to endure ； to bear ； patient.
南 south ； southern.
南 洋 臣 the Superintendent of Southern
Trade.
南北 洋通 商大臣 the Hi-h Commissioners
of Northern and Southern Trade.
南美國 South America.
南 京 the city of Nanking. '
南 海 the district of Nan-hai (Canton).
南 M M tlie district of Nan-hui (province of
Kiangsu).
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> (碰 cult to bring about.
ruin 南 $ 口 the port of Nan-tai, ".， the foreign
settlement at Foochow ； the foreign community
there.
nan 難 (liilicult ； to make difficulties.
難 易 hard or easy; the relative difficulty of a
matter.
難 甘 difficult to submit to cheerfully.
難 安 difficult to appease.
難 保 difficult to secure.
難 辦 difficult to manage.
難 行之處 'luestions difficult to settle; practical
ditticulties.
難 容 inexcusable; unendurable ； incompatible.
難以成 功
IS lit 成 功 i
nang 囊 a bag.
nao 接 to pervert ； to vex.
nao 惱 vexation ； anger ； annoyance.
nao }§ the cornelian stone.
威國 {nao-wei-kuo) Norway ； Norwegian.
nao 腦 brain ； camphor.
luio 鬧 uoLse ； to scold.
鬧事 a noisy disturbance ； a quarrel.
nei 內 placed after a noun : in ； within ； inside ； near to
(as near to a matter or having a close knowledge
of a matter).
内 稱 1
內 載
內開
內 云 J
內 她 the interior (of a country) ； all that pertains
to transit from or to the interior ； native, as
" native opium " or (' native salt."
內 她 'i 胡 河各口 inland lake and river ports,
內 地貨物 goods carried to (八) or from (出)
the interior ； goods under transit.
內 她稅項 transit dues.
內 她稅單 a transit certificate (inward).
內 ijfe 洋藥 opium grown in the interior ； native
opium.
内地 商船 native merchant vessels ； merchant
junks.
內 江輸船 a river steamer (as opposed to an
"ocean steamer").
內 外 inside and outside ； native and foreign.
内外 土產 native and foreign produce.
1^
it is stated or said therein ； in which it is
stated or said that.
nei 內 港 ports in the interior ； ports not open to
trade ； inland waters.
內 簡 the Grand Secretariat, or Imperial Cabinet ；
the Court Archives.
內 輪器具 the engines (on board a steamer).
7i^iig 能 to be able ； capable,
能 出海堪 用之船 a seaworthy ship.
能引 火之油 inflammable oil (as kerosene, etc.).
能 否 whether or not it is possible.
ni 呢 woollen cloth of foreign manufacture.
呢靡^ 業 福期克 (ni-k'no-lairyeh-fa-ssu-k'oj
Nicolaievsk.
ni 溺 foolish ； to drown.
ni 匿 )
^ > to conceal ； to hide away.
匿 藏 )
匿 單少報 to conceal the document and report
less [than the proper quantity] ； to make a false
declaration wliUe withholding the document.
匿 過紅單 fraudulently omitted in the clearance
document (as goods not declared at the Custom
House),
" 逆 rebellious ； to oppose.
niang 釀 to ferment ； fermented.
niao 鳥 birds.
鳥 缝 fowling-pieces.
~i"ch 担 to work up ； to feign,
接報 a false report ； to make a false report.
接造 to counterfeit.
担 告 to accuse falsely.
nieh 疆 （= 淫） to blacken ； to dye.
"ch 臭 rule ； law ； to judge ； a target.
臬司
臬台
nicii f 占 to paste on.
？占 貼 to paste up (as a public notice).
； f 占 送 to forward (as an enclosure).
f 占開 目 the items pasted on or annexed.
nien 年 a year.
年歲 a year ； years ； the age of a man.
年 底 at the end of the year.
年 P«S a period ； a term of years ； a limit of time.
年 節 New Year's day.
年 號 the year (in dates, as such and such a year
of an Emperor).
> a provincial judge.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
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nien 念 to think of; thought ； idea ； to read aloud ； to
read ； sometimes used to denote the number
"twenty," and hence read erh-shih (二 十)，
ning 車 beint; a forbklden character, should be written 寧
or 窗 (ning); to prefer ； it is better to than
(in which case than is expressed by a nefpi-
tion, as in " better die and not be disfiniced") ；
repose ； quiet ； (=窗 波) Ningpo.
甯死不 J§ it is better to die than be disgraced.
窗缺 而毋用 it is better to keep a vacancy
open than to employ [a bad man].
窗 ^ the Ningpo men (as a class).
甯紹台 the three departments of Ning-po-fii
fining 甯)， Shao-hsing-fu (shao 紹)， and T'ai-chou-
fii (f'ai 台)， forming the circuit in charge of the
Taot'ai at Ningpo.
甯國府 the prefectm-e of Ning-kuo-fu (in Anhwci).
ju'w 牛 cows ； oxen ； buffaloes.
牛 皮 co、v hides.
牛 角 cow horns ； bufiEalo horns.
牛 角 ^§ liornware.
牛 骨 cows' bones.
牛骨器 boneware.
牛鹿筋 biiffixlo and deer sinews.
牛 油 butter ； also, animal tallow.
牛 §巧 cows' milk.
牛$ 巧酥 |ehg
牛 W 餅 I
牛奶油 butter.
牛 黃 cow bezoar.
牛 莊 Newchwang.
niu 扭 to twist ； to wrench.
扭 摔 to wrench ； to wrestle and throw down.
扭解 to arrest.
niu 紐 buttons.
轰 1 扣 brass buttons.
？ 1 西蘭 (niu-hsi-lan) New Zealand.
nni 譲 erroneous ； mistaken.
謬誤 an error.
no 挪 to shift ； to transfer.
挪繊 to misappropriate funds.
挪 爾爲國 (no4rh-wei-kuo) Norway.
nu 奴 a slave.
奴才 a slave ； Manchu officials use it for (( I "
when addressing the Emperor.
2Kt
2)a
pa
pa
pa
pa
娥 yoimg; soft ； delicate ； U'^hU or pale (as colour) ；
the opposite of lao (老 )， oUl, hurd, dark in colour.
娥鹿驾 young deer horns.
M 藍 light blue.
女 a woman.
o.
俄 hasty ； Russian.
俄 國 Russia ； Russian.
俄 呢 Russian cloth.
f{{l wrong ； a mistake.
誤 a inistuke.
額 a fixed number ； the forehead.
額 9h outside the fixed number ； supernumerary.
額設船 & a fixed number of vessels.
["惡 to hate ； to dislike ； vicious ； bad.
歐 to vomit.
歐羅巴 (ow-h-pa) Europe,
m ； I bowl ； the book name of Wenchow.
HE 海關 the Wenchow Customs,
m 河 the river On, near Wenchow.
偶 accidentally ； unforeseen ； an image.
偶 爾 accidentally.
P.
八 （or 捌） eight.
八 角 lit., eight homs or corners ； star aniseed.
TV 角 《查 broken aniseed.
八 角 m aniseed oil.
八角形 octangular.
八昔琴 musical boxes.
巴 to adhere.
巴圖魯 a baUiru (military title of honour).
巴 J 里京城 the capital city oipa-li, i.e., Paris.
把 a classifier of fans find other objects having a
handle ； to grasp.
^ a fence. ,
色 燕 the plantain.
"E 燕山 G)a-chiao-shan〉 Sharp Peak, near Foo-
cliow.
拔 to pull out ； to raise ； to excel.
罷 to stop.
帕 a kerchief.
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> Malwa opium.
,1 怕 to fear,
ixtt 白 white.
白 糖 white su"。ar.
白胡椒 white pepper.
白海參 white bicho de mar.
白 j3 wliite wine; sherry.
白色布 white plain shirtings.
白 i£ 花布 white figured, brocaded, etc., shirt-
in^'s ； cotton brocades.
白 MS 布 white spotted shillings.
白 i5 spelter ； zinc.
白 丹 white lead.
白魚翅 white sharks' fins.
白 ^ alum,
白 ^ white wax ； insect wax.
白直 5§ superior cardamoms.
白 资 *' white bullion Tientsin wliite sycee.
白皮土
白洋藥
白 晝之間 during daytime.
白字 a ^vroug character in ix printed text.
jxci 百 (or 1 百) a hundred.
百 貨 goods of every description.
pai 擺 to expose ； to arrange (as articles for sale).
擺設 to arrange ； to set up.
Ji^ii Hi to break ； to spoil.
P<" 拜 to worship ； to visit ； to salute.
拜候 to wait upon ； to visit.
拜 貼 ； V visiting card.
yai ^ 牌 ii board ； a certificate (especially a ship's re-
gister); a despatch to an inferior ； a Government
notification ； an official permit.
脾照 a ship's certificate of registry ； the ship's
papers.
牌票 £L warrant.
^ TjJ a notification.
j/f" 徘 to arrange in order.
拂字 to set up type for printing ； to " compose.:)
派 to depute.
派 役 to depute officers.
派丁 to depute servants ； to get servants to.
派去 to depute.
派 委員弁 to depute officers.
P((" 派辧之 A a deputy.
派定 to allot ； to decide (as on the site of a buoy
to be laid dowi]).
2>Va ^ to break off.
歸 拉 (P'c"-l<^ ) the city of Braila.
板 ;i board ； boards ； planks ； bars (as of iron, etc.);
to print on wooden blocks.
板 木 planks (timber).
pct'ii' 般 manner ； class ； sort.
2)au 撮 to move ； to transfer ； to tranship.
搬取 to move away ； to shift.
p("i 班 class ； rank ； to make known.
班 猫 (or 斑 誓） cantharides.
p(in 頒 to publish abroad.
顏發 to promulgate ； to publish.
頒下 to send or issue to a subordinate (for his
use or tjuidance).
頒 fi^ to confer.
2 篇 竿 a half; "and a half."
半 稅 half duty, i.e., coast trade duty ； also, transit
dues.
半稅罩 （=土 貨 出口半 稅單） a coast
trade duty [deposit] certiJicate.
年. 稅 單 照 a half-duty certificate : a transit cer-
tificate (inwards).
半 絲 綿 silk and cotton mixtures.
an associate ； a ixirtuer.
辧） t H
，丄 /■ to manage ； to buy.
m M )
辧 貨 to buy goods.
辦外 國機器 to buy foreign machinery.
辦 妥 to manage satisfactorily ； to settle.
辦娠 to manage the distribution of relief funds
(in distressed districts).
辦公事 to do official work.
辦 5V 房屋 ofSce buildings ； a public office.
辦 事 to do official work ； to be on duty ； to work
for the public.
^aji 盤 to move; to travel; a dish.
盤 運各費 expenditure on account of transport.
盤 川 travelliug expenses.
番 ) the district of P'an-yii (Canton). See
番禺 $ (番 )，
卢 判 to divide; to decide.
判定 13 界 to define the port limits.
pan
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i 戲 fj
产'! /
声! J
■pa 1 1 (J
■pang
[hVlKJ
；蕭
pao
IKiO
[MO
判 斷 to decide a case.
邦 a kingdom ； a state; a coimtry.
霄 (or 帮) to assist ； a guild; a union of people.
幫助 to assist.
誓 辦 an assistant.
幫買辦 a comprador's assistant.
幫錢 to assist with money.
榜 a list of graduates ； to publish a list.
榜； to issue a public notice.
膀 to board a vessel.
誇 to slander.
旁 the sides ； by the side of; close to.
旁邊 by the side of.
傍 by tlie side of ； near ； to depend on,
礎 (ill imitation of the English sound "pound") a
pound ； pounds.
豹 a leopard.
豹 皮 leopard skins.
包 a bundle ； a package ； to wrap up.
包括 to bundle up; to contain ； to be comprised
包封 to put into
enclosure.
sealed envelope ； a sealed
包 皮 emhallage ； packing.
包皮鐵 metal trasses for binding bales of goods.
包 携 to manage ； to mediate iu business (as a
broker).
包 辦 to undertake the transaction of.
包藏 to store up; to conceal.
fj 包 the womb.
3 & 第 a uterine brother.
pickled fish.
鲍 awabi; slieU-fish.
抱 to grasp ； to feel; to have iu the heart ； to
cherish.
抱 歉 to feel uncomfortable about a matter ； to feel
regret.
抱 歉之處 希爲原 恕爲禱 I pray that you
will regard my regret as a proot of my original
good intention.
保 to protect ； a ward ； a. guardian ； to guarantee ；
to be surety for.
保 衛）
[ to protect.
保 護 ）
保險 to protect against danger ； to insure against
(as fire, marine accident, etc.) ； insurance.
2?ao 保舉 to recommend ； to recouuiieiul for promotion ；
to be security for.
漂猿卜 bond; :i guarantee.
保 單執照 a Ijond certificate (for rice).
保 A a guarantee ； a security.
保 定 the department of Pao-ting-fu (in Chihli).
thin ； poor ； few.
poo 賓 valuable ； precious ； treasure ； .sycee ； the Im-
perial Seal; iu letters, " your," "your valuable.''
寶 f'P emery powder.
寶 星 an order ； the Chinese order of the Fao-hsing.
寶 號 your signature.
賓山 正頂 Paoshan Point (a locality in Shang-
hai H:u'boiU').
力" y 暴 fierce ； passionate.
jpao 爆 fire-bursting ； fireworks.
爆 竹 fire-crackers.
^)«o 報 to announce ； to requite.
载知 to give notice to ； to bring to the knowledge
of; to report.
载 飾 to declare goods as having to be lunderl.
$S 驗 to declare for examination.
稅 to declare [goods] for payment of duty.
報 飽 A a taxpayer ； a payer of duties.
载 單 an application for permission to land or ship
goods ； a report.
载 卡 to report [goods] at a barrier.
载函 a written report ； to report in writing.
報 信之入 messengers ； informers ； reporter?.
報譽 to sound an alarm-
報應 to recompense.
報難 to revenge.
教償 to repay ； to requite.
^ to return favours ； to show oneself thankful
for favours received.
p(ao (used for 爆 ^jao) to crackle.
砲 (or 膨)
> cannon.
砲 位 (
砲 ^ a gunner.
砲台 a fort ； a battery.
p'ao 跑 to run ； to race.
跑考 K a courier ； to announce by courier.
2)'o'o 抛 to throw away; to put down.
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p^ao 抛 粟 ta throw away.
抛 挪 to throw down.
抛費 to squander.
pet 卑 low ； inferior ； mean ； as a term of modesty, "my."
卑 職 my office; "I."
pei 俾 so that ； so as to ； to enable ； to follow.
俾得 so that I may ； so as to enable ； so that ； so
as to.
俾 f§f $ 51 失主 so that it may be returned to
the loser.
俾称 課恤商 so as to benefit the revenue and
promote cotmncrcc.
俾 免沿途 阻'? if^ in order to avoid obstruction
cn roi'fc.
俾免 lis I® 制 in order to avoid abuse.
俾 歸有蓍 so that it may serve as a pledge ； as
a substantial proof,
pei 禅 beneficial ； to assist.
槐铺 to assist.
槐 M advantage ； profit; to benefit.
pci 被 a bed cover ； to cover ； to suffer ； sign of the
passive, when the word denoting the doer of an
action stands between pei and the verb following.
被胎 a cotton bed quilt ； a palampore.
被本關 査拏 is, 蘭， etc., seized by tliis office.
被 拏 to be seized ； to be apprehended.
被殺 to be killed.
被傷 to be wounded.
被毀 to be broken to pieces (as a vessel by plun-
derers).
被搶 to be plundered.
被焚 to be burned ； to be on fire.
被 匪竊去 to be robbed of. by outlaws.
被告 to be accused ； the accused ； the defendant.
被 告案件 cases of accusation ； charges against.
被 山遮蔽 to be kept out of view, or obscured
hj hills (as a light).
被風 浪銜移 to be driven away by a storm
(as ii vessel from its moorings).
被 水 激 刷 to be washed away by the water.
被 風 收 p to put into a port for shelter.
pei 北 north ； northern.
北 聞 the northern side door of an examination
hall ； fi(/., the examination for chii-jcn.
北船 a northern vessel ； "-, a vessel trading to the
north of Clnna.
pci 北 洋大臣 the Superintendent of Northern
Trade.
北 首 the northern end.
牝 京 Peking.
北海關 the Pakhoi Customs.
北 河 口 Pei-ho-k*ow (a Likin station on the
Yangtze).
北 梳 Dodd Island (near Amoy).
牝 《賽意 志公會 the North-German Confed-
eration.
pei 背 the back ； behind the back ； on the back (as of
a document) ； to oppose.
昔 負 ungrateful ； to carry on the back.
背 約 to disregard an agreement.
2)ei 輩 generation ； kind ； people ； when appended to
a noun, expressing plurality, e.g., u'o pei 我 輩，
people of iny kind, i.e., we.
pei 倍 fold, as J. 倍 fivefold or five times ； to
double.
pci 貝 pearls ； valuable.
貝勒 a beiM, or prince of the 3rd order.
pci 備 to prepare ； to provide ； ready.
備 辦 to prepare for managing a matter.
備 試 to prepare for examination.
備者者 one who prepares for examination ； a
candidate for examination.
備呈 to submit ； to supply (as copies of a document
asked for).
備査 to file in the archives ； to keep for reference ；
for inspection ； for reference.
備全 to provide for the whole of.
備由 to provide for details ； to prepare a statement.
備 情 the complete details ； " these are the facts,"
備 嘗辛苦 to experience hard times.
p(ei |§ a flail ； to strike.
# 咅 子 nutgalls. ,
p(ei 賠 to indemnify.
賠 稀 to make up for ； to compensate.
賠 還 to repay.
貝告 體 to return a call.
賠償 to compensate for ； to indemnify.
賠 墊 to make up (as a deficiency).
賠累 to involve in indemnification; to cause one
to make up for a deficit,
p'ei 陪 to bear company ； to assist.
陪助 to assist.
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p^ei 披 to spread ； to cover. See
p^ei 佩 a girdle ； to respect.
佩 帶 carried on the girdle; worn on the ribbon
or the collar (as a decoration).
p(ei 配 to mate ； to pair.
百 £ 合 to unite ； to join together.
配 I& to mix with lead.
pen 奔 to run ； to hurry.
奔走 to nm away.
奔 波 to flee like billows ； to run at great speed ；
to be in trouble about ； to hurry.
― 本 this, as in " this office " ； the possessive pronoun
of the person speaking or writing, as in pen shui-
wu-ssH (本 税 瑪 司) =1， the Commissioner ；
root ； source ； original fund ； capital.
本身 I; myself.
本 處 this place.
II this Custom House.
本 行 this firm ； our firm.
本 號 this bank.
本 業 one's profession ； my trade.
本 國 my (the writer's) country ； also his (another's
own) country.
本 她 native.
本 年 this year ； the present year.
本 月 this month.
本 結 this quarter.
本部堂 I， the Governor-General.
本部院 I， the Governor.
本道 I, the Taot'ai,
本 屬商民 tlie merchants under one's jurisdiction.
本 商 the merchant concerned (in a matter).
本 入 the person concerned ； oneself; in person.
本 當 properly speaking, I ought to; ought ； should.
本 領 ( =p&n-shih 本 事) able ； competent.
本 分 the duties of a man's occupation ； one's
business.
本 事 ability.
本 始 the beginning.
本 末 beginning and end ； the whole of ； the
essence of.
本 來 originally.
本 錢 capital ； funds.
本 利 the interest on capital ； profit in trade.
― 本利之 a )B increase and decrease in profit.
pG"3 i 兵 a side crock ； a canal.
朋 } r I
朋友 f
P'^ng 棚 a shed.
2>*c«i; 蓬 a sail.
運船 a sailing vessel.
烹 to boil (as tea).
烹萄 to prepare good tea ； to prepare for receivint;
a visitor.
P'— 碰 to run against ； to collide.
碰擅 to collide ； collision.
碰壊 to wreck from collision ； to damage by
collision. .
pi 退 to press ； to urge,
這迫 to compel ； to urge.
pi 鼻 the nose.
M 烟 smiir.
pi 必 must ； bound to.
必欲 to want ； to wish.
必 用 to be obliged to use ； to be bound to use.
pi Jt to compare ； than ； to correspond ； to accord with.
i 比 例 to follow the rule ； to refer to a rule l)y way
of analogy ； to treat analogously.
3fc 較 to compare with; when compared with; may
be compared with.
比 照 according to ； analogous to.
比 如 for instance ； if, for instance.
Jt 擬 to compare ； to treat analogously.
比體 of equal rank ； on equal terms.
比國 （=比 利 fl$' 國， pi-li-shiK), Belgium;
Belgian.
in 陛 the steps leading to the Throne.
陛 下 Your Majesty.'
陛見 to have an audience with the Emperor.
pi 批 a deceased mother.
2_)i 璧 a princely gem.
璧 期 Ji§ in-ssi(,'ma (thenameof Prince Bismarck).
pi 避 to flee from ； to escape ； to avoid ； to sliuu.
避稅 to evade [payment of] duty.
避就 to shirk [one thing] and take [to another].
避匿 to abscond.
避緯 to avoid ； to conceal.
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}n 避 緯之字 characters to be avoided in corre-
spondence ； forbidden characters, because they
occur in the personal name or shcng-Iuti (聖 |?)
of one of the Euiporoi's of the present dynasty,
and are therefore avoided in official coiTcspoiidencc.
According? to Chinese ideas, it would show want
of respect towards the sacred person of an Em-
peror if a character occurring in his personal name
were used in its profane lueanui^, iiiicl it has
become customary either to sul)"itute another
character of the same meaning or to slightly alter
the shiipe of the character prohibited, unless special
orders to the contrary are on recorrl.
According to an Imperial Edict of 1846, the
first character in an Kiiiperor's personal nauje is
to remain unaltered, and merely the second char-
acter is to be slightly altered {sec " Translation of
the Peking Gazette for 1875," P- 9)' Authorities
seem to disagree on some of the details regarding
this question.
The following characters are considered to be
forbidden : —
CllAIlACTERS
I'UOniBITFJ).
玄 hsiian..
麗 hsit ....
凰 ！ /%..-.
蒇 chCnrj.
弘 hung. .
曆 …-.
顕 y 職 3"
3 炎 yen ..
妥 min..
寧 nuty .
fx chif...
淳 shun
tun...
Characters sitbstituted.
In certain combinations the last stroke is
omitted, e.g., (hsiian); it appears, how-
ever, in (c/i'w) and its compounds.
Otherwise, (yuf^n) is used as a substitute.
婦 {hs 'd)y the last stroke of the full character
being omitted.
省 L (y"iff), the first stroke being omitted, or
fiM
5i (hung) ； later, 宏 (hung). In certain
combinations 强 (chiang) is used for 強
(chiang).
歷 or (H).
願 職 g、, the two last strokes of the full
character being omitted.
较 (yen).
叟 {min) ； later, 綿 (micii).
寧 or 南 {ning).
(chu), the last stroke of the full character
being omitted.
^ (shun).
(〃《"〉， the last stroke of tlie full character
being omitted.
2)i 彼 that (as opposed to tzSl 此, this) ； another ；
there.
彼 B$ at that time.
彼 此 there and here ； i.e., on either side.
?>i 敝 mean ； poor ； hence, as a term of modesty, "my."
敝 § my office or yamen ； le., I (if tlie writer be
at the head of the yainen).
敝公館 my residence ； my house.
■pi
敝前住 my predecessor.
敝 國 luy country.
敝宫 I, the officer.
弊 a malpractice.
弊 混 irregularities; smuggling.
弊赏 a mistake ； a malpractice.
弊 端 malpractices.
pi 蔽 to keep out of view.
pi 擎 a. pen ； a pencil.
筆 跡 band-wiiting.
筆 擧 pen and ink ； composition ； to compose or
write a letter.
攀 墨紙張 writing materials ； stationery.
擎課 a slip of the pen ； a clerical error.
]}i ^ to confer on ； to give.
pi 尊 a medicinal plant.
尊 藤 草 the castor oil plant.
革藤? castor oil.
pi 閉 to close the doors ； to close.
pi 畢 to finish ； the end ； at last.
畢 幾 （。1' 嗎 嘰 pi-chi) long ells.
pi 弼 to assist (aa a statesman assists his mounrch).
p^i 譬 to compare ； if.
譬 如 if, for instance,
i/t 皮 skins; liicles ； leather ； emhallage.
皮 貨 skins of all kinds.
皮 器 leather articles (as pouches, purses, etc.).
皮箱
皮櫝，
皮 膠 glue.
皮 缝 hair or skin rugs.
皮 蛋 preserved eggs.
皮 包 emhallage; packing.
披 to open ； to unroll a scroll.
披 閬 to open and read ； to note the contents of.
2)(i 疲 fatigue ； loss of strength.
疲 敝 weakness.
2y'i 犹 to write in reply to a petition ； to endorse a
petition.
犹 5^) to reply officially to an inferior ； an official
犹 明. to endorse (as a certificate is endorsed by an
official).
> leather trunks.
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p^i 批 S£ to endorse ； to comment upon.
批淮 to be sanctioned ； to sanction.
a piece ； a classifier of piece goods.
疋 數 the number of pieces (as of piece goods).
—0 標 a signal ； a mark ； a brigade ； a naval division ；
a st|uadi'on.
標 IB marks ； navigation marks.
標 牛 旱 a beacon pole (classifier, 极 kc7i).
標 明 to endorse.
標 布 Moths.
表 to make known ； a guide ； a signal ； a watch.
表 角 Onao-chio) Cape of Good Hope, near
Swatow.
)/"o 累 a uiouey order ； a warrant ； ii ticket (as a pawn
ticket, a lottery ticket) ； e.f/.j fa-(s'ai pHao
(f^ 財 'W)j a lottery ticket ； Lil-sung 'p'iao
(呂 条 寞、 )， a Manila [lottery] ticket.
飄 a Avliirlwind ； to be driven about by a storm.
v'iao 漂 to toss about.
漂 移無定 to drift away (as a ship from its
nioorings).
漂 ffi 水 面 to drift about on the water ； to be
adrift.
漂 撞 to be shipwrecked.
pith 別 another ； otherwise ； to distinguish ； to separate.
別 口 another port.
别 項 other kinds of
別 項貨物 other goods ； goods of a description
not covered by a document.
別 項華商 another Chinese merchant.
別 力 iineh-li, in imitation of the English sound
" penny") a penny ； pence.
picn 扁 flat; a tablet.
picn 厦 a signboard ； a tablet.
菌額 a laudatory tablet.
pieji 編 to arrange in order ； registered under No ；
to plait ； to weave ； to compile,
編 歹！) 字號 to register (as a cargo-boat).
編 flU a register.
pien 遍 (or 漏） everywhere ； to go round ； small.
P|l^ to inform all ； to notify the public.
遍 處憑掛 to hang up, or exhibit, everywhere
(a.s u proclamation).
遍 運天下 to convey everywhere in the empire.
pien 便 convenient ； convenience ； to accommodate ； to
facilitate; cheap ； ( = chi) then; thereupon.
pien
pten
pien
•pirn
'picn
pien 便於 tu meet with no difficulty in ； to bo ex-
liodient to ； to facilitate ； to be given facilities in.
便商 to accoimuotlate luerchants ； to show due
consideration to the conveuicncc uf truJe.
便船 ：i convenient ship ； ii ship wluth happens to
Ix- (HI tlie berth, with dcbliuiitiun to a puil one
iiuiy wish to send passcngerii or c:ir^f> to, but not
chiirttred for the purpose.
便用 to use as one sees fit ； for convenient use.
便附 to enclose in a letter,
便 宜 iulvaiitagecms ； to bo of advaniage to ； cheap ；
having full power to act without reference to a
superior ； to do as one pleases.
便宜行 事大臣 a Minister having discretionary
power to act according to the requirements of his
office; a Minister Plenipotentiary.
便 當 comfortable ； convenient.
IS t。 plait.
邊 a side ； a border ； an edge ； the frontier.
邊沿 in the margin (of a document).
邊 疆 the frontier.
貝乏 to censure ； to discharge (as uu officer).
K 退 to discharge ； to dismiss.
弁 officers of an inferior grade ； military officers.
辨 to cut asunder ； to divide ； to distinguish.
辨 明'
辨認
辯 to dispute ； to argue ； to discriminate.
辯鼓 to contradict ； to dispute ； contradictory.
辯論 to argue ； to discuss ； to controvert.
變 to change.
變 通 to -change ； to make a change by way of
accomuiodation or of compromise ； for convenience
.sake ； to accommodate.
鍵 $5 to change one's mind after having made a
contract.
變價 to dispose of by sale ； to seU.
髮天風 浪較大 bad weather at sea.
p'icn 片 a flat piece of something ； a strip ； a sheet.
片函 a note ； a card.
片子 a visiting card.
2)'u7i 偏 inclined to one side ； partial ； to iucline to a
certain direction of the compass, e.g.， 西 4b
儡 北， nortli-nortli-west.
偏見 a one-sided view ； partiality.
li 私，
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> to distinguish.
Is ^ > selfish ； partial ； partiality.
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pitn 偏重 to make a one-sided charge ； to impose
difficulty by partiality.
;>*tc'i 篇 a section ； a page ； a leaf.
p*iai 墓 to boast ； to impose upon.
p*ien 疆 to defraud; to delude ； to inveigle.
騸往勉 强脅從 t。 kidnap.
pin 续 a funeral ； funeral rites.
pin 賓 a guest ； a stranger.
2>*t» 貧 poor; poverty.
p^in 品 degree ； rank ； the nine degrees of Chinese official
rank ; to arrange ； delicacies.
品 銜 rank.
ping 水 ice ； crystallised.
水 河 when the river is covered with ice.
水 糖 sugar candy,
水 片 Baroos camphor.
兵 a soldier ； military.
兵 船 a 'man-of-war; a gun-boat.
兵船廠 ii naval yard.
兵 勇 .soldiers.
兵 役 soldiers and runners.
兵 營 a camp ； a garrison.
兵 械 urma ； military stores.
兵 ^ the Beard 。f War.
兵備道 a Taot*ai.
}模 '"r 檳） (the betel-nut; betel-nuts.
浜榔 i
模鄉衣 betel-nut husk.
榜柳膏 gambier.
並 （i 立 or 并) and ； or ； also ； at the same time ；
together with.
並 未 not by any means. All negative particles—
薦 (無 5， (未 )， etc.— may be reinforced
by the addition of cerUm words, which need not
be translated except where it seems necessary
to empluisise negation, e.g.., when they correspond
to the English no means," "not at all," etc.
The following words aud expressions are often so
employed : ping (並 )， titan (斷 〉， ch'ien (千 )，
wan (萬 )， ch'im wan (千 禽)， kao (毫 )，
ssH kao (絲 毫)， chiieh (决 )， chileh (竊 )，
chH,:h (切)， t 爾 J (總 )， Chung (終 )， chHung (迥 )，
並 非 not at all ； not. Cf. ping 並 未'
ping
pill
2nn(j
P 醫 J
—"J
ping
pmg
" 並 未.
並 無 not by any means. Cf. ping
並無 不合 by no means unjust ； quite approv-
able.
jnng
並 經 having at the same time.
併 (useil for 並 jnug) and ； both ； with ； alto-
gether ； together with.
餅 cakes ； paste ； pastry.
病 sick ； sickness.
病 勢 the state of a disease.
病 故 to die of disease.
^ a communication from an inferior to a superior ；
II petition ； to petition.
» 詞/
襄帖 f a petition ； a statement,
i 書
暴 明 to inform in a petition ； to apply to; to
represent.
暴知 to inform (a superior).
暴 報 to report (to a superior).
慕 稱 to state in a petition ； to report (to a
superior).
暴訴 to petition the court in reply to an accusa-
tion ； a counter-statement.
揚見 to wait upon a superior.
裏吿 to inform in a petition ； to accuse in writing.
票 控 to accuse ； to make a written charge.
裏 求
mm
攝 請賠铺 to claim compensation.
"^假 to apply for leave of absence.
"^命 to apply for orders.
^ 批 to decide in reply to a petition.
秉 to uphold (as a principle).
秉 公 upholding justice ； impartially ； to act fairly.
秉 權 holding powers ； plenipotentiary.
平 even ； level ； weight ； standard weight (as of
sycee silver, c.</., 關 平， the Customs standard
weight of the Haikwan tael) ； to weigh (as silver) ；
chenp ； tranquil ； peaceful.
平等 of equal standing.
手行 of equal rank ； on the same footing.
平 允 just ； fair.
半 定 to arrive at a just settlement ； to agree
upon,
甲 常 common ； usual,
平 時 in ordinary times ； ordinarily.
平準 to adjust.
■ to apply for.
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pHny
po
po
po
po
po
po
平免 to weigh.
平躍 to sell grain at even (i.e., fair) and reasonable
prices ； to sell cheaply (as grain bought up by
Government for cheap sale in a ftimine-stricken
district).
平 安 peace.
評 to discuss.
瓶 a bottle ； a vase.
憑 to lean on ； on the ground of; according to.
憑商 人報明 to rely on (i.e., to accept) the
merchant's declaration.
憑 碼 均 行 to ascertain the viilue (as of silver)
according to weight.
憑 軍 " leauing [on this] bill ；" "as per memo.;"
also, a " duty proof;" a voucher ； a certificate.
憑 據 a written guarantee ； evidence ； proof.
憑 證 proof; evidence.
玻 glass.
玻 璃 glass ； Avindow glass.
玻 片 window glass.
玻璃球 glass balls (used as paper weights).
玻 璃器皿 glass vessels ； glassware ； crystal-
ware.
波 a wave.
波 期 Persia ； Persian.
波 斯洋藥
波期 金花土
波羅 葉 pineapples.
伯
伯爵
伯 ^ 們 (po-lei-mm) the city of Bremen.
jJL to urge ； to embarrass.
g 白 (for ■which and 薄 are used) metal leaf; foil.
iQ to moor ； to anchor.
泊船 to anchor a ship.
治設 to moor (as a new lightship).
泊 the harbour limits.
泊 船章程 regulations for the mooring of ships.
剥 to peel ； to scrape off; to extort ； used for 鼓 pOj
to tranship.
剝艄 （=駁 船） a cargo-boati.
撥 to transfer ； to send ； to set aside for ； used for
毅 2)0, to tranship.
撥 交 to set aside and hand over; to appropriate.
撥 紛 to set aside for ； to appropriate for.
撥 用 to appropriate (as funds).
* Persian opium.
> an earl.
po
po
po
2)0
p'o
p'o
2ni
撥 to re-appropriate; to recover [funds defrayed].
播 to disperse; to scatter ； to winnow.
播棄 to reject.
范 tliin ； thinness.
簿 荷 ？ III peppermint oil.
蒲荷冰 peppermint ice; i.e., peppermint oil
crystallised.
'簿 荷 葉 peppermint leaf.
践 to -walk through the grass ； to travel.
拔 涉 to travel far ； far-travelled.
S5 tu tranship ； to dispute ； to argiie.
驳 船 a cargo-boat.
驳貨 to tranship goods.
駁貨船 ft cargo-boats.
S5 過 別 船 to tranship to another vessel.
驳運 to tranship; to cany goods (us in a cargo-
鼓 復 to argue against ； counter-argument.
坡 ； 1 slope ； the side of n hill ； a bluff.
破 to break ； to tear.
破 爛 torn ； broken.
破爛廳 捧番銀 broken-dollar money.
破 9^ to be broken and having holes.
破 損 breakage ； i.e., the loss caused by breaking.
頗 rather ； very; extremely.
頗願 to eagerly wish for.
拍 to beat ； to slap a table; to bid; used for
治, to anchor.
拍 賣 to sell by auction.
拍 定 to settle a purchase at auction.
I 白 amber.
剖 to split asunder ； to lay open.
剖 別 to distinguish.
剖 判 to decide a case.
不 not.
不 詰 not knowing ； ignorant.
不 成 incomplete ； impracticable.
不 |p not immediately ； fortlnvitli not.
不 卽 而 forthwith not to ， but to ；
instead of (doing this), (doing that).
不 及 not to reach ； not to come up to ； to be less
than.
不 及候驟 cannot wait.
不 not counting ； excepting.
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不 i^'ttorant ； not knowing.
不 in 姓名 unknown by name.
不 致 so as not to ； so that there may not be ； the
opposite of 致 (chih) or 以致 (t' dtih), so that.
不 久 within a short time.
不 出情願 without uttering a wish ； not of one's
不揣 1 昧 n。t able to detect signs of rash
stupi'Uty.
不 准 not allowed ； forbidden.
不准停 輪之處 a place where steamers axe
not allowed to stop ； a place not authorised as a
landing-stage (on the Yangtze).
不拘 no matter whether.
不 法 unruly.
不 妨 there is no difficulty in.
不 分 making no distinction between.
不分何 處進口 without clistinguisMng the
place of importation.
不符 to disagree.
不 敷 not sufficient for; not to cover.
不 合 it is not convenient.
不合箱 not all sold (as goods).
不洽 to disagree.
不 休 not to stop or cease ； unceasingly.
不 一 not the same; different; more than one;
several ； not a few; many; many times; also, a very
common concluding phrase in letters, which,
the corresponding phrases, 不宣， 不備， 不盡，
:m(l others, are mere expletives, but serve to show
that a letter is finished.
不 ― 而足 not confined to one ； more than one.
不 宜 must not ； should not.
不 然 not so ; if not so.
不 H hortly.
不若! it is better to ； we had better.
不 如 5
^ 入^ unclassed,
不 堪之實 在情形 it is really impossible to
I'tv'r this ； ihc ^U\te of matters is indeed more than
■we can bear.
不 肯 not willing.
不 克 not able to.
不 顧 not to care for.
不 顧大局 not to care for the puMic interest ；
to have no regard for society.
不 公 not just ； incorrect (as the weights of a
b;ilance).
pu 不 過 not exceeding ； only.
不 過 而 已 only and nothing more.
不樂 於使用 to dislike using.
不 領 not having been issued (as a certificate, etc.);
i.e., without (a certificate, etc).
不 論祖細 irrespective of quality.
不能不 bound to ； cannot help being.
不 便 inconvenient.
不便 於民 inconvenient to the public.
不 必 must not; need not.
不 善 bad.
不 禾' § not in the least.
不 禾' § 寬 貸 not the slightest leniency will he
shown.
不 勝誌異 very strange ； quite incredible.
不 勝烕激 to be greatly obliged.
不 勝其煩 it is attended with endless trouble.
不 貸 without leniency ； strictly.
不 但 且 not only ， but also
不 得 cannot ； should not.
不 得 已 there is no help ； inevitable.
不 等 after two expressions, "and," "or ，：' "or so";
e.ff., 輕重不 flight or heavy; light ones and
heavy ones ；二 二不等 two or three.
不 妥之處 unsafe places ； passages not quite in
order and requiring correction.
不在列 unclassed ； unenunierated.
不在 此例 not covered hy this rule.
不 足 not enough ； insufficient ； incapable.
不 足 •KI 礙 其來路 not capable of discouraging
importation.
不遵 to disobey ； to disregard.
不 端 improper ； incapable.
不 爲無見 to consider a matter to be reasonable
enouj;h.
不惟不 反 not only not , but
even
不問自 用出售 no matter whether for own
use or for sale.
不無 to be bound to. (Note that two negatives
combined make a strong affirmative.)
不無 S 碍 cannot avoid difficulties ； bound to
be attended by difficulties.
不 易 not easy to; difficult to; unchanged ； un-
changeable.
不 易之親 an unchangeable rule.
不 應爲之 事 improprieties; misconduct.
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> to seize ； to arrest.
ji,' 捕 to seize ； to pursue.
捕獲
捕拿
捕 役 police runners,
/"( 铺 to assist ； to supplement; to mend ； to do after-
wards what ought to have been done before.
铺助 to assist.
铺 缺 to fill a vacancy.
铺 發之欽 a supplementary grant.
铺領 to issue anew (as a document lost).
铺 I 青牌照 to apply for a new certificate of
rt\ii;istry (to replace one lost).
铺增 to add by way of supplement ； to make
a j^uppleiiientaiy payment.
铺交 to pay afterwards (what should have been
paid before).
铺 具退暴 to send in a supplementary state-
ment regarding one's resignation.
铺 用 employed as a supernumerary; supernuuieniiy.
1^ 水 (二 铺交紋 水) when making a payment
in dollars, to pay a premium on account of the
(litt'erence in the price of pure sycee silver. See
'itr/i 紋 yjc
铺足 to pay for difference in standard of silver.
/川 薄 a register ； a ledger ； an account book.
i'w 僕 a vassal ； a servant ； your servant ； "I."
V" ^ cloth ； cotton, linen, etc., cloth ； to spread ； to
iHft'use ； to inform,
布 疋 cotton piece goods.
布衣服 cotton clothing.
布置 to place in order ； to arrange.
布達 to inform.
布政使 a provincial treasurer or Fant*ai.
布 國 (= 布路其 Jf 國 2)w-l''.-ssil) Prussia ； Prus-
sian.
i'T 佈 to extend ； a public notice.
佈覆 to reply to a letter.
pif 部 triVie ； class ； one of the Hu pti (六 部) or
Boards of Government.
部 曹 member of one of the six Boards.
部 堂 official designation of a President of a Board
(as such the title of a Governor-General).
部 院 official designation of a Vice-President of a
Board (as such the title of a Provincial Governor).
部 頒 issued by the Board [of Kevenue] (as standard
weights and measures).
2)u
2^11
> to be prostrate ； to prostrate.
sang
步 a pace ； to pace ； to move up ami down.
步 位 j^piu-e.
鋪 bedding ； a shop,
$iS # becUling.
M 田 factories and farms,
鋪 factory workmen ； shop people.
'浦 a liver ； the Hwangpu at Shanghai
i 甫 束 岸 the shore of the river opposite Shanghai ；
the Pootiing shore.
舗 a shop.
舗商 A traders ； merchants.
s.
撒 to f^catter ； to let go.
塞 to stop (as a hole) ； to hinder.
賽 to emulate ； to try who can make the best show.
赛 奇公會 an industrial exhil)ition.
賽 奇物件 exhibits (at an industrial exhibition).
赛 馬 horse-racing.
赛 馬之期 a race meeting.
三 (or 毫) three ； thrice.
三 角 three cornered ； trkngiilar.
三梳 澄船； I three-masted lightship.
三 CI 通 商大臣 the Minister .Superintendent
of the Three Ports (formerly the only ones open
to trade).
二単 ) Ml triplicate transit
三連單 （。r 三 聯 單) ) 删嶋 ndimi.
三 抬 頭 the raising of the coluiiiu in a text by
the space of three characters in the case of terms
relating to a, deceased Sovereign.
三 思 to think three times ； i.e., to carefully con-
sider.
三四月 間新月 後之醴 拜五, the Friday
following after the new moon in the third or
fourth Cliinese month ； i.e.) Good Friday.
三奈 } f 1^
― > ciipoor cutcneiy.
三 賴 >
散 to scatter ； to let go ； to dismiss.
傘 an umbrella.
喪 to mourn ； a funeral ； to die.
喪 服 iiiournmg clothes ； to wear mourning.
喪 禮 funeral rites.
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sang 桑 the mulberry tree.
sao 掃 to brush ； to sweep ； to clear oft'.
掃 P3 to sweep before the door ； i.e., to keep one's
house ready to receive a visitor.
摊數 to clour off an account.
sc 色 colour ； to colour ； to dye.
色 樣 colour.
色 布 (lyo)l cloth.
色花 點布 dyed, figured, brocaded, etc. , shirtings.
sha 砂 ^vel ； s:ind ； gritty, like sand.
砂 仁 inferior cardamoms or grains of paradise.
砂 穀 米 saga
sha 紗 g:uue ； untwisted thread ； yam ； tliin silk.
sha. 沙 sand ； a sand or mud bank.
沙尾 a sandspit.
沙 灘 a sand or mud bank ； a shoal ； a bar (as the
Woosung Bar).
沙 藤 rattans.
沙 市 Sliashih (a port of call on the Yangtze).
sha ^ representing the Indian sound sha in 裂婆
kasha, the robe of a Buddhist priest ； gauze.
sha 蓄 (or ij?) the shark.
鐘 皮 sharks' skins.
•sha 殺 to kill ; to murder.
shan 山 a hill ； a mountain ； an island ； a promontory.
山羊 a goat.
山羊毛 gouts' hair.
山羊皮 goats' skins.
llj 東 the Shantung province.
山 西 the Shansi province.
山海關 the Newchwang Customs.
shan a spit of land.
？山 頭 Swatow.
5^ 山 i 阜 the port of Swatow.
shan to slander.
職 青山 (； in unauthorised character) a small boat.
S 山板 a sainpan. Cf. shan 杉 板.
shan 扇 fans.
擅 arbitrarily ； on one's own authority and without
permission ； without authority ； to venture.
擅 行 to [verb] without authority.
挺便 to act on one's own authority.
擅 如 to make unauthorised additions.
shan
shan
shan
shan
shan
shan
slum
shan
slmng
杉 a kiud of pine.
杉板 a sampan ； a cargo-boat.
衫 a shirt.
刚 to cut out ； to cancel ； to revise and correct,
mjlj 除 to expunge ； to remove a name from a list.
刚 改 to revise and correct.
珊
珊 瑚
問 :i flash ； to shun ； to peep.
陕
陝西
善 good ； to make good.
善 法 a good measure or method.
善 後 to make good what comes after ； to make
rules supplementary to a set of rules originally
not complete.
善 後條約
' coral.
> the province of Shensi.
the Supplementary Rules appended
to the Tariff; the " Tarifl" Rules"
or " Trade Kegulations."
善 後條欽
善^ 章程
善 後總局 a special commission for the revision
of regulations ； a provincial administrative board.
禱 to write out ； to copy.
禱 立 to make out a document ； to place on re-
cord ； to note (as a protest).
權 立預據 to note a protest.
'權 書 writers ； copyists.
上 above ； superior ； first quality ； to go up ； to
ascend ； to land.
上 下 superior and inferior ； first and second
quality ； clean and refuse ； up and down ； to land
and ship ； to communicate with the shore (as
from on board a ship).
上中下 superior, middling, and inferior ； first,
second, and third quality.
上燕富 first quality birds' nests.
上冰片 clean Baroos camplior.
上 面 above ； on it (as on a surface).
上 司 superiors.
h 憲 one's superior authorities ； high Government
otticers.
上 官 high officials.
上次 a first and a second time ； of the first and
second class ； the last, i.e., previous, tiiue.
上大 下小 broad above and narrow below.
上寬 下窄 broad above and narrow below ； (if
round) an inverted frustum.
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■、'"）'；/ 上 段 the upper limit (as of a harbour).
上 旬 the first decade ； the first to the tenth day
of a month.
上堂 to proceed to the court-room ； to come into
court.
上船 to board a ship ； to embark ； to ship.
上岸 to land.
上 水 to go up river.
上 游 up the river.
上下游 up and clown the river.
上驶 to sail, or steam, up the river,
上 諭 an Imperial edict.
Jl to hand up a petition (a concluding phrase
in petitions).
上 控 to appeal.
上稅 to pay duty.
上 年 last year.
上 結 the preceding quarter.
上 午 the forenoon.
上 屆 the lust time ； the last occasion.
上 海 Shanghai.
上 洋 (shang-yang) used locally for .Shanghai (上
海).
^hamj 尙 yet ； still ； to control ； to esteem ； to be fond of;
to Ije inclined to.
尙 有 there is still.
尙 未 not yet.
尙 爲周到 all is yet quite in order.
尙 属弔允 it is yet fair.
尙詳洽 clear and satisfactory enough.
尙 属 it niiglit be ； I daresay it is.
尙 書 the President of a Board ； a Minister of
State.
shanfj 裳 clothes.
shang 賞 to bestow; to confer (as a reward) ； to rejoice ；
" to take pleasure in.
賞 給 to give ； to award ； to make a present of.
賞 賜 to bestow.
賞 功 to distinguish merit; public rewards of merit,
" such as feathers, badges, or titles.
賞 罰 rewards and punishments ； to reward and fine.
賞還 to kindly return.
賞 需之用 to give for one's use ； to present ； to
" give as a premium.
賞 戴藍錫 wearing the blue plume or crow's
feather.
to consider ； to deliberate ； to consult.
to enjoy a view or spectacle,
s】tang 商 trade ； a merchant ； to consider ； to consult ； to
devise.
商 販 to buy iind sell ； trade ； traders; incRhimts.
商入 a merchant,
商 merchants.
商 賈 merchants ； truNX'lIing and resident mer-
oli;tnts.
商 旅 tnivclliiig merchants.
商夥 ：i partner in a firm ； i\n agent.
商 局 the "Merchants' Company "; i.e., the China
]\Uuxhants' Company.
商 本 capiUil in trade.
商 情 conmiorcial interests.
商 貨全書 the entire books rc<;ardiiig trade ； i.e,,
the Customs statistical publications.
商 辦 to consider and act.
商量
商 酌 5
商 定 to decide upon,
shang 傷 to wound ； to injure.
傷損 to damage ； to be (lain aged.
shao 少 little ； in the least; the least amount ； short of;
young ； junior (as opposed to ta 大 or t^ai 太，
senior).
少於單 [a quantity of goods] less than [is stated
in] the document.
少報 to declare short ； to understate.
少保 a junior guardian of the Imperial Heir
Appiirent.
shao 哨 to whistle ； a whistle.
U 宵 船 a revenue cruiser.
shao 『点、 the stem of a vessel.
1'^" 工 the commanding officer on board a ship; a
ship- master.
shao 棺 the top of a staff.
shao 稍 sliij;btly ； gradually ； rather.
稍 寬其禁 to slightly relax a restriction ； to
gniut a facility.
稍有 誤會 there is a slight misapprehension.
稍有不 同 it is not exactly the same ； there axe
slight dilierences in.
稍 申 to explain somewhat ； to show to ii certain
extent.
稍 戴 to gradually lay aside.
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skfto
、'',-•
sM
xht'
sh《
stkf
she
shin
shm
燒 to burn ； to roast ； to boil.
燒 完 burnt off; consumed and finished (as coal
on board a steamer).
賠 to credit ； to give credit.
餘賬 to credit.
奢 extravagant ； wasteful.
涉 to fiml ； to wade; to concern ； to be connected
with ； to be implicated in.
舌 the tongue.
舍 a cottage ； as a term of modesty, " my."
捨 to reject ； to part with.
射 to shoot out ； to project (as a shadow).
射 光 to shine ； luminous.
藤 the nmsk deer.
賠 If musk.
設 to arrange for ； if; supposing that.
設厚 to arrange in order.
設傳 文信 to arrange for the transmission of
official documents and private letters ； to under-
take the forwarding of correspondence.
U 立 to erect ； to establish.
設浮捲 to lay down buoys and beacons.
設計 to contrive ； to plan.
設 法 to devise a plan ； to see that.
設 法霧辦 to adopt measures for.
設新章 to introduce new regulations.
設 席 to prepare a banquet.
設使
設若
赦 to remit ； to release.
赦免 to forgive.
身 the body ； in petitions, a modest term for "I."
身 家 one's person and family,
i 敌 to die.
申 to explain ； to state to a superior ； the book name
of the city of Shanghai.
申文 a despatch to a superior ； a report.
申 稱^
申 詳 > to report (to a superior).
申 報 i
申報咨 行札委 to inform superiors, equals,
and inferiors in rank.
申信 to convey news.
申明 to explain clearly ； to state clearly (as to a
superior).
> if; supposing that.
sMn 申覆 to reply (to a superior).
中 Ira to apply for (as for instructions).
申誚查 照施行 to request (a superior) to
receive a (iocument for action to be taken.
申請酌 核示遵 ^ to apply for instructions (in
申 I 青核 奪示覆 f a despatch to a superior).
申 江 Shanghai.
shm 伸 equal to ； worth ； to extend to ； ( = 申) to
explain.
伸 謝 to present one's thanks.
伸 得 to be equal to ； to be worth.
伸 訴 to make a statement ； to complain.
sMn 绅 a .sash ； a girdle ； the gentry.
绅 士 a scholar.
神 誉 the gentry and elders.
'神 商 tlie gentry and merchants ； the community.
sMn 深 deep ； deeply ； extremely ； very.
深 淺 deep and shallow ； depth.
深沾 } deeply obliged ； deeply indebted (as for
深荷 ( benefits received).
深願 to wish sincerely.
深資 to be a great help.
sJicn 參 ginseng. Cf. ts'an and ts^m.
sMn 甚 vevy ； extremely.
甚 大 very large.
甚 稀 very rarely.
甚 屬公允
甚 爲公允
甚願 to wish ardently.
shcn 愼 ca refill ； to be careful.
慎 動 careful ； diligent ； diligence.
慎重 to carefully observe ； to treat as important.
慎重之 人 a careful and serious man,
慎 選 to select with care.
sMn 審 to examine ； to try (as a legal case) ； to inves-
tiuate.
審案 '
審 M
審究 to investigate thoroughly.
審明 to investigate ； to try (as a case).
審辦 to settle judicial cases.
審^ to give judgment ； to decide a case.
' it is very fair ； it is very just.
• to try a case.
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.ihcn
shcng
sMng
■ihcnf/
■<hm(j
> trade ； bu^dness.
審 結 （or 審 理） to decide and settle legal cases.
審 判 to decide legal cases ； to have jurisdiction.
生 viwv ； unnianiifactureLl ； unripe ； to lie born ； to
come into existence ； to create.
生 熟 raw and cooked ； crude and prepared ； un-
uiauufactured and manufactured.
生 葉 fresh fruit; unripe fruit.
生 絲 raw silk.
生 鐵 unmanufactured iron.
生 鐡 碑 pig i 醒-
生 銅 unmanufactured copper ； copper ore.
生牛皮 cow or bwftiilo hides.
生 質 natural disposition.
生 驟 raw ； coarse ； incomplete.
生 生世世 one's offspring for many generations.
生 to get a living ； a livelihood.
生 理 occupation ； business.
生意
生涯
生事 to make trouble.
生弊實 to create malpractices ； to commit an
otience.
生流弊 to result in a standing nuisance.
签 a pipe (for Avhistling).
勝 to be able to ； adequate to ； worthy of ； to be
superior to ； to conquer.
勝防 to be able to ward oft'; to protect.
勝 選 eligible ； competent for election.
勝 選憑照 a certificate of competency ； a do-
cument certifying to the eligibility of a person for
a certain post.
勝 意 superior thoughts ； i.e., " your valuable
opiuioii."
升 to rise ； to raise ； to lioist (as a flag) ； to rise in
office ； a Chinese grain measure, of which lo are
equal to a ton (斗) aud loo are equal to a picul
(^)-
升 Jlflt [I wish you] promotion and happiness (a
concluding phrase in letters).
升 安 [I wish you] promotion and peace (a con-
cluding phrase in letters).
升 511 to rise to the distant land ； i.e.、 to die.
陛 to rise ； to be promoted.
陛官 to be promoted.
陛 啓 lit., to ascend [the steps of your door] to be
opened ； written after the name on the atUlress of
a letter, it means, " to be delivered into the hands
of, ，" ill which sense it is more polite tliim 査收
(ch^a-shou)y otherwise similarly employed.
s,"a 聲 to luuke known ； to report ； to state ； ;i sound.
聲 明 to report.
聲稱 to state ； to declare.
聲候 to make ii personal statement.
聲開 it is rumoured ； report ； to report,
s/t— 繩 a cord ； a string ； to restrain.
繩 索 cordage ； the rigging of a ship.
s/— 省 a province; also, the provincial capital ； to save ；
to diminish.
富響 j the provincial capital.
省河 the river at the provincial capital.
省 力 to spare one's strength.
shm(j 盛 almndant ； great ； plenteous ； to thrive.
盛 恩 great kindness ； your favour.
盛 多 plenty.
盛 業 prosperity ； thriving trade.
盛 情 kind feelings ； kindness.
盛 京 the Liaotuiig province; ShOngkiug ； Mouk-
(len.
s/ic?i<(/ 乘 to avail oneself; to multiply.
乘坐 to make use of a boat or carriage.
乘 Jil — 百 to multiply by loo.
剎 to remain (after deduction) ； a remainder ； an
overplus.
剩 貨 remnants of goods.
sASwj/ 聖 holy ； sacred.
崔旨 an Imperial mandate.
聖 覽 the sacred glance ； an Imperial order.
聖 璧 the sacred glance; the Emperors approval.
shih 驟 to hasten ； to sail ； quick.
驟赴 to sail to ； to be bound t\ n'.
shih 使 if; supposing that ； in tlie event of ； to cause
to ； to let ； so that ； to send ； a messenger.
使然 to cau^e to be thus ； to bring about.
使令 to order ； to cause.
使費 to lay out ； to incur an expense for another ；
expenses ； charges.
使用 to employ ； to be employed ； to lend one's
services ； an outlay ； expenses.
使人 to send someone ； a messenger.
使 臣 an envoy.
使 役 a servant.
shih 市 a market; a fair; exchange of produce; to trade.
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shift
ahih
shih
shih
skih
shih
shih
shih
shih
■•ihih
市 (5 【 lie imuket price.
稀 tlio persimmon fruit ； persimmons.
飾 to adorn ； ornaments ； to paint ； to pretend ； to
II lake lielieve.
飾 m 紅 色 to paint reil ； to be painted red.
餘 h 邛偷漏 a pretext for evading payment of
'liitios.
師 an expert ； a master ； a patron ； a brigade ；
military ； naval.
師 船 ； I naval boat ； a man-of-war.
侍 to accompany ； to follow (as an attendant).
侍 郞 ：i Vice-President of a Board.
侍 衛 Imperial guards.
時 time ； at the time ； then ； thereupon ； each time ；
at any time ； ； in hour, both in tiic Chinese sense
(i.e.f the twelfth part of a day, ooiTesponding to
two hours of our time) and in the foreign sense.
特 分 tune; hour.
特 屆 iit the time ； at the proper time ； punctually.
刻 time.
II vf 刻 藩 a time-book ； a [postal] delivery-book.
特 辰 ； I Chinese hour.
時辰表 a watch ； watches.
特辰香 joss-sticks.
時 常 at any time ； always.
時 價 the market value.
1^ to know. Cf. chih.
？ ifc to relax ； to abrogate.
她 禁 to abrogate a prohibition ； to rescind a law.
施 to bestow ； to relieve ； to rescue.
施 恩 to bestow a favour.
施及 to bestow on ； to extend to (as a privilege).
施 to grant that it be so; to comply with a
petition ； to carry out a scheme ； to put into
operation.
濕 (lamp ； wet.
是 this ； that ； to be ； this means that ； the above
amounts to this, that, etc. ； that is ； correct ； satis-
factory (as an explanation).
是 非 to be and not to be ； yes and no ； positive
;inrl negative ； right and wrong.
是 否 whether or not.
是 否可行 whether or not it may be done.
是 否有臂 whether or not it ought to be thus;
whether it is the proper course to adopt.
是 以 therefore ； hence ； thereby.
是 日 that day ； on the same date.
shih
shih
shih
shih
shih
是 所至禱 this is what I very much pray for;
I would urgently ask for this.
是 爲至荷 I -shall be much obliged thereby.
是 爲至要 this is very important.
是 荷 I shall thank you for; to be obliged.
是幸 I shall be pleased if you will ； I shall thank
you for.
是 @ the very tnith ； to he really true ； really
genuine.
實 (or 2) real ； really ； truly ； indeed ； true ； the
truth.
實情；
實事：
實 在 rciilly.
實係 to be in reality ； to prove to be.
實屬 it really is ； is indeed.
實 存 the real balance ； the net total.
實 重 the real weight.
實 心 sincerely ； with the bond fide intention.
' the real facts ； the matter of fact.
實 估之價 the true value.
實 則 有 損 ill reality there is a loss.
實爲 fij? 便 it will be a, real kindness or benefit.
實爲 公便) it is really in the public interest ；
二 一! * it will really be conducive to
實 於公便 f fairness.
矢 an arrow ； swift ； to resolve.
失 to lose ； to miss ； to fail.
失去 to lose ； to have lost.
失落 to drop and lose (as goods dropping into the
sea) ； to lose.
失事 to miss one's aim ； to be shipwrecked.
失機 to miss an opportunity.
失信 to break one's promise.
失火 to catch fire ； fire breaking out.
失 主 the loser ； the person whose property is lost,
stolen, etc.
失 防 to neglect guarding against ； to foil to take
precautions.
7J^ to make known ； to inform ； a proclamation.
7J\ to inform liy proclamation ； to make known;
to inform.
諭 a public notice.
TJ^ 仰 to issue a proclamation with a. view to
7J> 禁 prohibited by proclamation ； forbidden by
Government.
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• miscellaneous goods ； sundries.
shih 示路警 船浮 a fairway buoy.
ij^ 舉 to give instructions in reply to au appli-
cation.
JJi 復 iJj 遵施行 to issue iustructions for one's
guidance (iu reply to a despatch).
求救 to make signals of distress.
shih 視 to see ； to take the bearing.
視爲 to look [at 11 matter] as ； to consider as.
視 爲具文 to regard as a mere document (said
of rules which exist on paper only).
shih 嗜 to relish ； to be fond of; to indulge in.
shih 十 (or 拾) ten.
十 分 all ; complete ； completely ； very.
shih 什 ton ； sundry ； miscellaneous.
什物
什貨
shih 拾 to pick up; to collect; (= 十 ten),
shih ^ a stone ； a rock ； miuenil ； a picul (in this sense
also read tan (担 )， "'lien it is often written 苍 )'
石 赚 rooks.
石樓 a stone beacon.
石 煞 gronnd gj'psum ； plaster of Paris.
石 黃 hartall ； orphuent; yellow lead.
石 灰 lime.
石 綠 malachite ； copper ore ； a kind of green, paint.
石花菜 agar-agar.
石碑山 (shih-p^ai-shan) Breaker Point, near
Swatow.
shih 5 頁 great ； eminent.
shih 世 a generation ； an age ； hereditary.
世 職 hereditary office.
世襲 a hereditary nobleman ； an earl ； hereditary.
世 霄 hereditary nobility,
世 世公侯 may your generation rise to the ranks
of duke and marquess.
shih 食 to eat ； eatables ； food ； provisions ； to drink ；
to smoke.
食 salt (ready for use) ； kitchen salt.
食 物 provisions ； eatables.
食言 to eat one's words, i.e., not to keep one's
word ； to break one's promise.
shih 室 a house ； a room.
shih 氏 after a name, denotes that the person is a
woman ； in petitions, "1，" said by a woman ； a
clan; a clan or family name.
■s/"7t 始 first the first time ； then ； not till then; the
bo;;inning.
始 終 the licginning and end ； a period taken
iiltogether ； the entire period.
s/i 仏 释 to release ； to explain ； Buddhist.
釋放 to release.
釋義 to explain the meaning.
shih ^ pattern ； type.
式樣 a pattern.
式 額 class ； category.
shih ^ to examine ； exaiiiination ； to try.
試 驟 to examine ； to test.
試用 to be em ployed on trial ； to serve on proba-
tion ； probationary.
試 辦 to work as an experiment ； provisional.
試 辦再議 to work by way of experiment iincl
then decide, i.e., experimental and open to re-
vision (as a regulation); provisional. •
shih 事 a matter ； a subject ； business ； a law case ；
trouble ； service ； to serve.
事 情 an affair ； a mutter.
事 由 circumstances ； particulars.
事 體 an afiair ； a concern.
事 主 the prosecutor in n law suit ； a master ； au
employer.
事 務 business matters ； aflUir-s.
事 務大臣 a Minister in charge of affairs.
事 宜 that which properly pertains to the business
of ； affairs ； matters ； business.
事 勢 the state of matters ； circumstances.
事 實 the matter of fact ； the truth of a matter.
事 權 authority ； power.
事 前 before matters [go wrong] ； before something
happens.
事 如属實 if the fact be true.
事 出權宜 a course adopted as being dictated
by circumstances.
事 關約則 a matter concerning the Treaty and
the Tariff.
shih 勢 power ； condition ； circumstances,
勢 力 strength ； prowess ； influence.
勢 難 under the circumstances it is hard to.
shih 士 a scholar ； the literati ； an able-bodied man ； a
soldier ； a gentleman.
shih 誓 an oath ； to swear ； a vow.
shih 逝 to depart ； to die.
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>ihih 適 to suit ； to act'ord with ； just ； just now ； then.
適得 4t 平 to obtain just one's equal share.
•Ml ^£ 11 posthumous title.
sko" 收 ti» receive ； a receipt ； to take in ； to ri<^ in (a.s
the swingbg-hoom of n ship).
收 ^ 1 to i'et in the crop ; to reap the harvest.
收成 S
收 買 to take over on sale ； to buy from another.
收 8f to collect bills.
收規 to collect fees.
收單； 1 receipt.
稅 t'> collect duties.
收稅單 a duty-paid certificate.
收 稅免照 ：'u exemption certificate.
收歷單 a Likin receipt.
收據 a proof of receipt ； a certificate of the recep-
tion of goods on board ； a bill of lading.
收 5 乞 liavinw received ； havinc; been received ；
luiyiaeuts being cleared ； to receive in full.
收 ifc 紅單 a certificate showing that [duties]
have l_>een received ； a clearance certificate.
收 畢 to have received in full ； all received ；
received.
收執 to receive and hold (as a document) ； to be
placed in one's hands.
收 領 to receive ； [to deliver] into the hands of.
收 納 to collect (as duties) ； to receive ； to accept.
收 到 " arrived, or come to hand, by receiving,"
i.e., received ； "received from" (in receipts).
收 到字樣 the word "received"; the endorsement
of :i receipt.
收留 to receive and keep ； to harbour (as a fugitive).
收存 to keep ； to retiiin.
收取
收 集
收辦 to receive ； to appropriate.
收 口 to put into a port (as a vessel in distress).
收 口躲避 to seek shelter in n port.
收 工 to quit work.
收藏 to store up ； to lay by.
收 拾 to repair ； to gather up ； to store up for
keeping.
收 進 to rig in (as a jib-boom).
shou 熟 ripe ； cooked ； tanned ； manufactured ； the op-
posite of sh cnff (生 )， raw or unmanufactured.
熟 肉 preserved meats.
> to collect together.
shou 熟 莱 preserved vegetables.
熟 膏 boiled or prepared opium.
^ 鉄 in;innfactared iron.
熟 銅 iiKinufactured copper.
熟牛皮 le;ither.
熟驢皮 條 ； lentil or in strips.
熟悉 to ripely know ； to be well acquainted with.
熟 思 to consider maturely.
熟虑船 變之 >A experts in nautical nuitters.
show 手 the arm ； the hand ； a "hand"; a working man.
手 中 in hand.
手執 to hold in the h;ind.
手 槍 pistols.
手巾： 1 n:i[tldn ； a toAvel.
手 帕 handkerchiefs.
shou 守 to observe (as a, rule) ； to guard.
守 候 to wait ； to attend to.
守 ：& to observe the law.
守分 to attend to one's duties.
守業 to attend to one's trade.
^ ^ A lightkeepers.
shov 首 the head ； what is or ought to be done first ； in
the first instance ； a direction towards which a
thing lies.
首 飾 head ornnnients ； jewellery.
首 事 the loading man ； the cliair 動 n of a company.
首 尾 he;nl and tail ； beginning and end ； the bow
； itifl .stern of ； i ship ； the two ends of a vessel.
首 先 first ； the first.
首 吿 an informer.
首 功 first-class merit.
首 報 to report first, or in the first instance.
首 經之子 口 tlie barrier first crossed m route.
首 從 the principal and accomplices.
shou 受 to receive ； to become ； to .suffer ； sometimes a
«ign of the passive.
受展 to be hired, engaged, etc. (as an employ^).
受 恩 to receive favour ； to be favoured.
受辱 to "be disgraced.
受難 to suffer distress.
受罰 to "be fined ； to be punished.
受損 to sustain damage.
受暑 受癒 to suffer heat and malaria.
受 潮 Wi to become damp (as goods on board
ship).
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<hou
.•thou
.thou
shu
-shu
shu
shu
shu
shu
> a copyist ； a clerk ； n book-keeper.
授 to deliver to ； to grant.
授受 to give and receive.
壽 old age ； long life ； longevity.
壽 器 a. coffin.
售 to sell.
售 價 proceeds of sale.
售賣 to sell off; to sell.
書 to write ； (.locunients ； books.
書寫 to write ； to copy.
書明 to write legibly.
書 吏；
書辦'
書院； I scbool ； a college.
書 籍 books.
書價 開單： ti list in which the price of books is
stated ； a list of books purchased ； an invoice of
books.
書 箱 books in boxes. Cf. i-hsiang 衣 箱， clothes
ill boxes.
書 信 letters ； postal matter.
輸 to send in tribute ； to tender (ns taxes).
輸 納 to pay (as duties).
輸稅 to pay duties.
輸 稅期候 the tevni :it which duties are payable.
殊 distinction; difference; dift'ering; unlike ； very.
殊 異 very different.
殊; 華商生 it 室碍 to mnteriiilly interfere
with, the *' bread and butter" of Chinese mer-
chants.
殊 属費解 this is really not to be understood.
殊属 不 成事體 this is most unsatisfactory.
舒 open ； to open ； ease ； comfort.
孰 who.
熟. See shoiL
述 to narrate ； to state.
屬 (属 ， or 烏) to be ； to belong to ； all that be-
longs to the jurisdiction of; subordinates.
屬 國 ； 1, tributary state,
屬官 a subordinate officer.
續 to redeem ； to re-buy.
嬉回 to re-buy; to buy back.
暑 heat.
ahu
shu
shu
shu
f a yamen ；
acting.
a public office ； to act for another ；
shu
shu
skua
skua
shuai
slmai.
署 内 in the y.-imCn ； in the oltioe.
署中 M 要公亊 important otiice nmtters.
署 t£ to hold office provisionidJy ； an actinj^, or
iiftiriiiting, iippointinent.
署 理 to net for another ； acting ； officiating.
署公使 an acting envoy.
署大臣 an acting Minister of State.
數 number ； amount ； several ； " few.
數 目 number ； ntnubers ； aintmnts.
恕 benevolent ； loyal ； to forgive.
庶 all ； many ； so that ； so that there be hope for;
with :i view to ； about ； nearly.
庶 幾 nearly ； nliiiost ； about ； probably.
庶 民 people ； the people ； the subjects.
庶 屬允當 so thiit it may be fair; for the sake
(ff fairness.
庶不 致於 鶴 so as to ； I void confusion.
庶 手 almost ； about ； nearly.
堅 vertical ； upright ； perpendicular,
堅 線相間 vertical stripes (painted on ：» buoy
or beacon) ； vertically striped.
樹
樹木
刷 to brush ； to wipe ； iway ； to strike off a copy (as
in printing).
耍 to trifle ； to gamble ； to fence.
^ weak ； to decay.
to guide ； the leiKliii,
, tree ； trees.
shuai
shuan
shuang
slmi
率 to lead ；
generally,
率師 to IcMcl ;in army.
率 由舊章 to be guided by the old rule ； to act
； locording to precedent.
帥 a leader ； a commander-in-chief.
帥 旗 the flag of :i coniiii:indcr-in-chicf ； an
.•Kliniral's flag.
I 全 to bind up; to fasten.
i 全 繋 to tie up ； to fasten.
雙 rt pair ； double.
雙 數 an even number.
雙眼鏡 operM-glasses.
雙 眼花湖 the double-cyed peacock's feather (； ts
a distinction of merit).
水 w;itor ； li([uid.
水 烟袋； I water pipe ； :i hubbIe-bubl)lo.
水 脚 fare by water ； freight (by ship).
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shui 水脚! 用等項 freight (or passage money)
ami other exi>onses.
水 道 water road ； sea road ； the i:tir\v:iy channel
for sliijis.
水 路 by water ； a water route (by sea or by river,
:is "ppojffd to overland airriiige).
水問 之盧" position with plenty of water or
room [for sailing].
水 &i Wl"n;iing to the navy ； naval ； marine.
水 師 设督 navnl coinmander-in-chicf ； an
水提台 ( "dmM-
水 師 部 the Admiralty.
水 巡 捕 the river police (at Shanghai).
水 手 a 'sailor-
水 I taxes on water industries (as fisheries).
水 aS liiiuid indigo.
水 晶 t'O'sUl.
水 銀 （quicksilver; money paid on account of the
difference or fluctuation in the price of sycee silver.
See wen 紋 水-
skni 誰 who ； whose ； whom.
誰 是誰非 who is in the right and who is in the
wrong ！
shut 税 duty ； duties (on merchandise).
税 項 a duty class ； duties.
稅 款 kinds of duties ； duties.
稅 飽 duties ； the revenue.
稅 課 the duty taxation ； the rates of the Taritf;
duties ； tlio revenue.
稅課 司大使 ； in examiner in the Native Cus-
toms.
稅 額 ：i fixed amount of revenue to be collected.
我 單 a duty-paid certificate.
稅 則 a Customs Tariff; the Tariff.
稅 則半稅 half the Tariff duty ； i.e,, the coast
trade fluty or the transit dues.
稅 鈔 duties on merchandise and tonnage dues;
dues and duties.
稅鈔 淸措 a return of clues and duties ；
tuius revenue return.
稅 務 »luty matters ； Customs matters.
税務司
稅 司
稅 局
稅 館
稅 蟹 ordinary duties and Likin taxes.
Cus-
one who manages Customs matters ； a
Commissioner of Customs.
> a revenue office ； a Customs station.
shni 稅蟹局 a native revenue office for likin taxes, etc,
稅 捐 duties and other taxes ； regular duties and
exli'Jiorclimiry taxes ； maritime duties and inland
taxes.
shun 淳 pure ； being a forbidden character, should be
written 檔 (shun).
shun 照 to obey ； going with, not against ； to suit ； to
agree.
順 潮 、vitli the tide.
順 流 flowing with the tide or current.
Jlj^ 風 with the wind ； a fair wind.
順從 to comply with.
順 與 情 to please public opinion ； to act in accord-
ance 、、 ;th public interests.
順 1^1 "I avail myself of this opportunity to
Illff AS \ present my kind regards," "with kind
JIh / wishes," " accept my best wishes" (con-
順請 J eluding phrases in letters).
順天府 the metropolitan department of Shun-
t'ien, in Chihli ； Pekiog.
shuo 説 to speak ； to say.
shuo 朔 the new moon ； the first day of a month ； to
commence.
朔 望 uew moon and full moon ； the ist and 15th
of a [Chinese] month.
朔望 潮落聘 when the tide is low with the
new moon and the full moon, i.e., at low water
spring tides.
shuo 溯 (or 廻) to trace up to a source ； to carry one's
thoughts back to. See su,
so 索 to bind ； string ； cord ； twine ； to ask for ； to
extort.
索 結 connected.
索 討 to demand ； to extort.
索看 to be desirous to see ； to ask for a copy
of for inspection ； to ask to be shown.
索 賠 to claim compensation for.
索 賠甚急 to ask for damages very urgently.
索賠^ 擱資 易銀. 兩 t。 claim damages for
delay in basiuess ； to claim demurrage.
so 操 to select ； to infer.
so 咬 to make mischief.
so 漠 petty ； troublesome.
鎮 唇 trifling (or vexatious) business.
so 鎖 a lock ； to lock.
鎮禁 to lock up ； to put in irons.
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219
所 a place; (=公 所) an office ； an agency; the
relative pronoun who or which ； its use diHers
from that of our relative pronoun, c.j/,, 船 i 所' 2
■3 貨 4 = kuo^, the goods, ao-j which ch^nan\
the ship, tsaP, contains ； and not " the ship wliieli
contains the goods."
所 在 the place where ； the position of.
所 載 the passage quoted ； this quotation.
所 致 that which is the cause ； that causes it.
所 自） that from which it comes ； the source ； the
所 從 ( cause.
所有. If iia individual or individuals ； ire cHs-
tinguishecl from others of the same class by some
attribute (adjective, participle, relative cliiuse, etc.),
the phrase so yu 所 有 (properly, a short relative
clause meaning "the so-and-so thnt there is" or
"that there are " ) often serves to express the Eng-
lish definite article; e.g., 所 i 有 二 現:; 五 5 條^
i/u', THE, ^/vu, five, SfSdo, articles of, %dcn, the
present 、M, treaty; 所 i 有' ^ 商 3 人 4 採 ■「'
米 7 石3， 1^50 "yUj THE, ， mi-Hail, rice, \^hang-'*jcn
Sfs'ai 6 滅 7', bought up by the mercliauts.
所以 in order to thereby ； by which means it is
intended to ； therefore ； thereby.
所 IS [all] that pertains to.
搜 to search. •
搜 驗 to search ； to examine.
搜擎 to j^earch unci seize (as smuggled goods),
司 to manage ； to control ； a controller ； Ji Commis-
sioner.
司宫 a secretary at a board ； ii police magistrate
at Peking.
司 馬 literary designation for a sub-prefect.
司 事 a. manager; to manage an affaii'.
司事 之人； m officer on duty ； a managmg man.
司 a book-keeper.
司理 to inanage ； to superintend.
司 理筆礼 writers or clerks (as in a bank).
司 獄 a jailer.
司巡 JV 等 managing and executive officers.
司 平 the local scale for Haikwan tael money at
C:inton.
司 道 the ssH and the tao. By the former the high
provincial officials whose titles end in ssU (viz.,
the Fn-chcng-shik-ssH or Provincial Treasurer,
the An-ch^a-shih-ssu or Provincial Judge, :md the
Ycn-ymi-ssit or Inspector of Salt Gahel) :ire un-
derstood ； by the latter, the Liang-fao (糧 導)
or Grain Collector, and sometimes also territorial
and other Taot'ais. These officials together form
an administrative board which is sometimes shortly
called the ssii-tao.
ssil
ssil
ssH
ssft
ssit
ssit
ss'ii
ssil
ssfi
飼 to feed ； to nourish.
嗣 herenfter; afterwards ； to succeed ； posterity.
嗣 後 hereafter.
絲 silk; the hairy iippeanince of anything cut fine
like silk, e.g.y Chinese prepared tobacco, vermicelli,
wire.
絲 經 tlii'o、vn silk.
絲 線 "Ik thread; sewing silk.
絲 線 巾昌 頂 "'P buttons of twisted silk thread.
絲 帶 silk sashes; silk ribbons.
絲 棉 雑 貨 silk and cotton mixtures'
絲 斤 silk (:t— s cargo) ； lit" "silk cattk's." Cf. ym
chin 斤)， salt; t'unff-chiu (銅 斤)， copper;
yu-chiu (ffli 斤)， oil; inci-chin (j^ 斤 ). coal. The
classifier placefl inimcdiately ； ifter the noun to
which it usually belong has the force of what in
French grnmmnr is called the "article iinrtitif,"
e.g., ckuan san chih (船 三 {^), three ships, but
ch'uaii-chih (jf/^ fg)， ''des vaisseimx," ships ； yin
ssiUiang 四南 )， four taels of money, but
yin-liany (銀 兩)， " <k ^argont," money. Simi-
larly, mi-tan (采 石)， rice; 2m-pH (布 /£) cotton
piece goods, cloth (as cargo) ； ma~p'i (馬 匹)，
horses.
絲 毫 the least ； in the least ； used t" I'liforcc nega-
tions ； "not in the least."
期 this ； that ； these.
藤 a servant ； a menial.
思 to think.
'思 M I to think ； to consider.
思 維 )
思維再 四 to consider very carefully.
死 to die.
俟 to wait till ； not until ； when.
俟 候 to wait.
俟 …… 卽 > n >
f as soon as ， then ； wait
疾 万 【 till....... and then ； not until.
俟 ...... 再 5
俟 十年再 行更改 to niter nfter the lapse
of lo years.
俟 船造畢 waiting till the vessel is finished
being built ； i.e., after the vessel hius, or shall have,
been built,
祀 to offer sacrifices.
似 like ； it seems that ； it looks as if; us ； as if.
似 jih like this; thus.
似可照 議辦理 it seems one may iniinage the
matter as propo.-reil.
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&sn 似 ft it seems as if it may be considered ； it might
Ik' thought.
似 班会宜 it looks reasonable enough.
ssil 四 (or 肆) four.
四 結 the fourth quarter (of a financial year) ； the
four 4U;irter.s ； the year.
四 品銜" f tlic fourth class of rank.
四面 in all directions of the compass ； all round.
四 方 square ； the four points of the compass ； all
round.
四 方之式 s<iu:ire ； rectangular.
四 方若千 the cii-cuiiiference (in timber mea-
suieiiient).
四 海 the four seas ； everywhere.
四 項淸措 ：i report to Government on "the four
kinds of account, le.y the Customs Quarterly
Abi^tnict Accounts A, B, C, and JJ.
四 川 the Szechwan province.
四川黃 1$ Szechwan yellow silk.
四川資 S/.echwau sycee.
s$u 肆 reckless ； dissolute.
肆搔 to infest [a place] with robbers.
.isii 私 private ； oneself ； one's own ； selfish ； clandes-
tinely ； to smuggle ； smugglers ； smuggled goods.
私 )5> one's own heart ； my heart ； pnrtial.
私 受 to receive secretly.
私 帶 to carry clandestinely.
私下 ) to ship [goods] clandestinely ； to
私行下 貨 ( ship without a permit.
^ } to land clandestiuelv.
私行起 動 （ '
私 行互撥 to clandestmely tranship goods from
one vessel to auother.
私 蓮進口 to import clandestinely.
私 赴 別 口 to clandestinely resort to another
port.
私赴 沿海別 口 to clandestinely resort to an-
other port (viz., a non-Treaty port) on the coast.
私 禱 to clandestinely cast ； to make counterfeit
coin.
私 自 clandestinely and on one's own authority ；
privately.
私 自藏匿 to conceal fraudulently.
私 自 過 卡 to cross a barrier clandestinely.
su 俗 common ； vulgar ； manners and customs.
*w 穌 curd ； cheese.
蘇 plentiful; (=蘇 州 府〉 Su-diou-fu.
蘇 木 sapan-wood.
蘇合油 rose maloes ； liquid storax.
蘇 州 索 Soocliow hemp twine.
蘇松太 the three departments of Su-cliou-fu
(蘇 s")， Sung-cliiang-fu (核 simg), and T'ai-
ts'ang-chou (-^ t'ai), forming the circuit in
charge of the Taot*ai at Shanghai.
魏 to discard ； coarse ； careless ； distant ； far.
碟 忽 to forget ； careless.
M laxity.
速 hasty ； speedy ； quick ； at once.
速 爲辦理 to manage with despiitcli.
速 議具奏 to speedily deliberate and report to
the Throne [upon a matter].
粟 maize ； Indian corn.
粟米粉 Indian meal ； oatmeal.
肅 respectful ； to inspire awe ； respect ； reverence.
肅 敬 respectful ； respect.
肅 復 to respectfully Teply.
肅 to write respectfully ； I respectfully inform
you [of the above] (a concluding phrase in letters).
素 plain ； formerly ； usually ； contented.
素色布 dyed plain shirtings.
素紅布 Turkey red cloths.
素 守本分 to pursue one's business peacefully.
素 服 ordinary mourn ing clothes (as worn after the
teim of strict mourning is over) ； half-mourning.
to tell ； to inform ； to accuse.
訴狀 to accuse ； to bring a charge against.
訴宽 to tell one's grievance ； to coinplaiD.
訴病 to report sick ； to complain of illness.
溯 to look back (as to a period of time) ； to tnice up
to :\ source.
溯 査 considering the origin of a matter ； [on going
b;ick to the beginning of the mutter] I find that.
溯 @ 通商 征稅 "Ut 來 ever since duties have
been levied upon foreign trade.
酸 .sour ； grieved ； distressed.
算 to calculate ； to consider as.
算除 to deduct.
算 淸 to calculate the proper amount of.
算 書 M calculator ； a clerk.
蒜 頭
> garlic.
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sung
sung
> according to circumstances.
歲 a year.
雖 although (the "yet" following may be expressed
by>"' ^ o"'','' 而)'
緩 to tmnquillise ； steady ； quiet.
IS 靖 to trauquiUise ； to restore peace.
隨 to follow ； to accompany ； enclosed in (as in a
despatch) ； together with ; (=隨 時) instantly;
at the same time ； in the sequel, etc.
隨 從 to follow; to accompany.
隨 帶 to curry with one's person ； to accompany,
隨帶加 二級 granted three steps of merit, and
so recorded in the Board of Civil Office, which
distinction attaches to the person of the promoted
official (sui-tai 隨 帶， " taken along with bim ")，
whereas steps granted as not sui-tai are lost
when the official is transferred to another office,
because they are attached to the jwst and not to
the person.
隨 意 one thinks fit ； according to pleasure ； as
隨便 ( one pleases.
隨 勢
隨事
隨 事酌情 to decide according to circumstances.
隨之 日起 to increase day by day.
隨 特 in future ； hereafter ； at the same time ； suit-
ing one's time ； in due course ； at once ； forthwith.
隨 卽 forthwith.
遂 afterwards ； to follow ； to accompany.
{ 卒 fragments ； broken pieces or bits.
j 卒 銀 broken bits of silver ； broken dollars.
$ 卒白銀 broken sycee (so called in Chefoo).
孫 a grandchild.
損 to lose ； to injure ； to spoil.
fi 害
損 傷 5
損 壌 to be spoilt ； to be out of order ； to wreck.
損 壞船 14 vessels wrecked.
損 益 loss and gain ； the relative advantages of.
訟 to tell ； to report ； to accuse.
訟 師 a lawyer,
訟告 to accuse.
頌 to praise : homage.
核 a fir tree ； a pine tree.
极 香 resin.
香 fill turpentine.
> to injure ； to be damaged ； damage.
sung
sung
sung
sung
tec
极江府 tlio prefecture of Sung-chiang, near
鬆 loose ； lax ； dishevelled.
鬆緩 to slacken.
誦 to read in a murmuring tone (as prayers) ； to
read (as a letter).
送 to send ； to accompany ； to present.
送去 to send away.
送交 to send to ； to hand over to.
送貨之 A the person accompanying goods; a
送禮 to present ； presents.
大 great ； high (as in rank) ； first ； principal ； very ；
as pertaining to the person addressed, "your."
大 小 large and small ； of all sizes ； the size of a
thing.
夭 小扣布 r-cloths (all sizes).
大原布 J^-cloth (the larger size).
大 呢 Iji'oadcloth ； medium cloth.
大 黃 rhubarb.
夭 藥 1
大 土 ：
大頭菜 salted turnips.
大風子 lucraban seed.
大 靑 suialt.
大 麥 barley.
大員 a high officer.
大 憲 the High Authorities.
大學士 a Grand Secretary.
■ Patna opium.
大使 a sub-commissioner (e.f/., in the Provincial
Treasurer's or the Salt Coiuiiiiss loner's yamen).
大 關 the [Native]' Custom House (at Chefoo).
大 臣；、 Minister of State.
大人 a ta-jcn (honorary title used in addressing
officials from the third rank upwards and members
of the Censorate or of the Han-Un College),
大老爺 a " l(f'0'yeh (honorary title used in addres-
sing officials of the fourth, fifth, or sixth grades).
大 風 a storm.
大 書 in large characters ； large writing.
a chief clerk ； large writing ； the ta-hsieh
style of writing numerals.
大 半 the greater half; mostly.
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ta 大行 the j^reiit journey ； havinji ^one the great
journey ； ilefunct (applied to :in Eiuperor or an
Em])ress).
大 統 tho areiit whole, i.e., the charge of Empire ；
the Throne.
大 喪 ^enend mourning; tlie funeral of ;in Emperor.
大 局 the great iiiuis of society ； public interest.
大會 ：i general meeting.
大 副 a mate of a ship ； the first mate.
大 現 principal kinds.
大宗 a principal, or staple, article (as amongst
goods).
大 槪 generally speakiug ； the general features
of ； ohietiy.
大抵 oil the whole ； generally speaking.
大約 I generally speaking ； on the whole ； about ；
大略 I 。 probably.
大 略相符 to agree in the main.
大 移 ？' "ur couimunication ； your letter.
大 敎 the great instruction (politely for "your
iiKstructive conversation").
大 才 the great talent ； a polite phrase for "you."
大相 fi 殊 very different.
大 不相同 very unlike each other.
大 渐 to increase considerably.
大 淸 the Ch'ing dynasty, now ruling in China;
tlu' Chinese Empire ； Imperial Chinese.
大 淸律例 the Chinese Penal Code.
大皇帝 the Emperor.
大英國 Great Britain ； British.
大 呂宋國 the kingdom of Spain.
大? 莨山嘴 South Africa (Cape Colony).
大 沾 Taku (near Tientsin).
大 通 Ta-t'ung (a port of call on the Yangtze).
ta 達 to inform ； intelligent,
to 答 to reply.
to 搭 to add to ； to engage (as a ship or a passage) ； to
charter; to take passage in a ship ； to ship.
搭解 to hand over or to pay in addition.
搭船 a passenger ship.
搭 客 I'iissengers.
搭 客行李 passengers' luggage.
ta 打 to strike ； to beat ； ( = 打 臣) a dozen.
打 臣 (ta-c¥m^ in Cantonese fa-sun ) a dozen ；
dozens.
打 開髓査 to open for examination (as packages
at the Custom House).
t'a
kti
tai
tai
tm
im
tai
他 another; other ； heterogeneous.
他 貨 other goods.
他 國 other countries ； foreign countries.
他 項 other kinds.
他 故 other reasony.
他 往 to proceed to another place. I
他用 to use for other purposes. .
塌 t(i fill! down, or break away, as the banks of
river.
塔 ：i piigoda ； a tower ； a lighthouse.
塔 表 a light tower ； lighthouses.
塔燈 （二 燈塔） a. lighthouse.
撫 tht' otter.
顧 皮 land-otter skins.
歹 b;id ； vicious.
呆 (or 默) silly ； foolish ； idiotic.
代 a c^eneration; in place of another; for; acting for.
代 其 on his behalf ； for him (them, etc.)-
代 客 on belialf of a mercantile Mend ； a coinmis-
siuu agent ； a broker.
代理 to act for another.
代 理領事
代頭事
代用 to use instead ； to substitute.
代 收 to receive for another ； to collect (fees, etc.)
on account of another.
代呈 to state on behalf of another.
代 權 to hold authority for another ； delegated
authority.
代辦 to manage for another ； to act as deputy.
代 爲辦理 to act for another; to take action
ill a matter which another has not taken up.
代 拆代行 to open letters and act for another ；
to do all the business of a post on behalf of
another.
玳 （or 3 毒) '
mm
默 Jm 碎 broken tortoiseshell.
Ift 3 員穀器 tortoiseshellware.
袋 a bag.
貸 to lend on interest ； to borrow ； to give; to
release ； to let off.
帶 a sash ； a girdle ； to carry ； to take along with
one ； together with ； to lead ； to be in charge of
troops.
帶有 to carry ； to be provided with.
帶同 to take with one.
acting Consul.
' tortoiseshell.
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tai
tad
fat
tai
tai
t'ai
帶回 to take Uick ； to lead back (as troops).
帶縣 to take [a man] to the magistrate ； to arrest.
帶赴 領事宫 t。 take [a man] to the Consul.
帶兵 to lead an army, or troops.
帶 領 to conduct ； to escort.
帶 油 to collect a tax conjointly with some other
tax the collection of which is one's regular busi-
ness.
殆 to begin ； nearly ； about to.
追 till ； until ； to reach to.
追 今 till now.
追 至其特 up to that time.
戴 to wear on the head ； to uphold.
戴 to uphold virtue, i.e., to do a matter con-
scientiously ； imbued with goodness.
戴 頂 to wear the button.
待 to treat ； to wait.
待 價 to wait for prices [to rise]; to watch the
market.
太 large ； too ； excessive ； in certain titles, denotes
respect.
太 遠 too far.
太 嚴 too strict ； over-strict.
太 后 the Emperor's mother.
太 子 the Imperial Prince ； heir to the Throne.
太 子少保 a junior giiarcliaa of the Imperial
Prince.
太 子太保 } a senior guardian of the Imperial
太保 i Prinee'
太守 a prefect.
太傳 a Grand Tutor.
太 倉 州 the prefecture of T'ai-ts'ang (Kiangsu).
臺 (or 台) eminent ； exalted ； a terrace ； a term of
respect entering into combination with certain
titles and much used in petitions.
臺 巡 Your Honour's searching officer.
臺電 in petitions, a respectful compliment allud-
ing to the addressee's clearness of mind ； '( Your
Honours superior intellect."
2 ^ in petitions, honorary titles given to officials;
^ " i " Your Honour."
暈 則 ）
臺 函 Your Honour's letter.
臺 示 Your Honour's instructions ； your letter.
臺 命 Your Honour's orders.
臺灣府 the prefecture of Taiwan, Formosa.
^ i5】 關 I he Taiwan Customs.
臺 北 府 tiie prefecture of Tai-pei (North For-
接 （,,i. 抬） to carry; to lift ； to raise.
擡 頭
to raise the liead ； to raise a column by the
^jydce of one, two, or three characters above the
line, MS a means of indicating respect.
to raise a column by the space of two
characters.
^ 13 to raise the price.
泰 great.
M W the great West ； Western (as in "the
W'esteru calendar").
單 single ； a document consisting of a single sheet;
a bill ； ;i certificate ； a memo. ； u permit.
單身 a single body ； alone ； by oneself.
單 诡 single- nuisted ； one-masted.
單 fl^ 花湖 the single-eyed peacock feather (as a
(.Uslmctiuii of merit).
單邊 to raise a column by the space of a single
cli;iracter as a means of indicating respect.
單 雙 odd and even ； single and double.
單 數 :iu odd number.
單 式 a 2)10 for nut document ； a form.
軍照 a certificate.
單據 a permit ； a documentary proof.
單奪 脾照， permits (or licenses), bonds, and
[ship's] (.ertificates.
單貨不 得相離 "this document is to accom-
pany the goods which it covers;" the document
iij not to be separated from the goods.
彈 a bullet ； a shot ； a shell.
彈 子 shot.
彈 壓 to suppress ； to keep in order.
tayi 耽 to prevent ； to obstruct ； to delay.
枕 ']% I
It 撋 t to delay. .
躭延、
耽延時 曰 to procrastinate ； to delay.
tan 丹 cinnabar; red; carnation.
丹 砂 (.-innabar.
丹 國 Denmark ； Danish.
tail 但 only ； merely ； however.
tan 擔 I: for which 担 is used) a load; a picul; to bear;
a pole. Cf. shik
tan 瞻 (or 胆) the gall ； courage ； bold.
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tan
fan
tan
Van
t^an
t^an
t^m
fan
fan
t^an
Van
Van
fan
fan
tang
膽玩 to play a bold g;uiie; to tritle with the law
in an impudent manner.
瞎 大 mmi"'eous ； bold.
瞎 大巳極 the extreme of effrontery.
瞻 小 cowanlly.
瞻 敢 to possess the boldness to ； to dare to.
淡 insipid ； flat ； dull (as trade) ； poor and deficient
(as receipts of profit).
淡 荣 dried mussels.
i 炎 收 'Efficient receipts ； a deficit.
i 炎 水 驟 the district of Tan-shui (Tamsui).
i 炎 7jC 關 the Tamsui Customs.
蛋 ：m egg ； eggs.
炭 charcoal.
灰碎! charcoal ashes.
炭 灰 )
接 rugs ； druggets ； druggetting ； carpets.
痰 phlegm.
疲 湧 to cough up phlegm.
談 to converse.
談 論 to converse ； to discuss.
探 to spy ； to explore ； to examine.
探 詢 to inquire.
貧 to covet ； covetous.
貧圜 to covet ； to be greedy of.
機 to contribute to; to subscribe (as money) ； to
unfold ； to spread out.
灘 rapids in a stream ； an obstruction arising from
rocks or sand-banks ； a shoal ； a beach.
姆 a bank breaking down ； ruined.
掛 塌 banks breaking down ； to wash away (said
of a river bank, etc.) ； to fall to ruin.
壇 an altar for sacrificmg.
檀
檀 香
擅香器 sandalwoodware.
亶香山 the Sandwich Islands.
當 to suit ； right ； proper ； to act as; at the time;
then ； in due course ； in the presence of; to pawn ；
to pledge.
當 之 時 during the time when ； when.
當 尙 未 之時 before the time of ； pre-
tang
> sandalwood.
tang
tang
tang
fang
Vang
t'mig
t'ang
fang
tao
too
tao
tao
tao
當 iP thereupon ； at once.
當經 I have thereupon, or with reference thereto
(denoting p;ist tense and iminediateness of action).
當已 (= 當經 tang-ching) at the time; then; in
due course.
當特 at the time ； at that time.
當 日 to-day ； on the same day.
當中 in the middle.
當面 in one's presence.
當 堂 before the magistrate ；
court.
當 堂畫押 to sign before
the Consul.
at the Consulate ； in
L magistrate, or before
當今 at present.
當铺 a pawn-shop.
當票 a pawn-ticket.
當手 a manager (of a bank, a firm, etc.).
檔 to oppose ； to impede ； to stop.
檔 a set of shelves ； pigeon-holes for filing records.
檔 卷 archives ； documents pigeon-holed.
黨 a band ； an association ； to club together.
湯 broth ； soup.
湯 藥 broth and medicines.
倘 (for which 像 is used) if; suppose.
倘 或 if perchance ； in case of.
倘遇 if there is ； in case of.
堂 ； I hall ； a court ； a magistrate ； a shop ； a firm.
像 accidental ； used for Vung (倘 )， if-
糖 sugar.
糖 菜 preserved fruits ； preserves.
糖 畫 preserved ginger.
道 a road ； a circuit ； an officer in charge of a
circuit ； a Taot'ai ； principle ； reason ； idea ； to
speak ； to say.
道路 a road ； a route ； the distance of a journey.
道台 a Taot'ai ； an inspector of circuit.
道 理 reason ； principle.
道謝 to express one's thanks.
導 to guide ； to lead.
JfJ a knife ； knives ； a sword.
島 an island.
ft 鳩 islands.
到 to arrive ； to go to; to come to,
到 此 to arrive here ； to arrive at this port ； up to
this time.
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'ftt>
到
倒
禱
稻
稻
稻
fao
蹈
tao
悼
tao
盜
盜
盜
t'ao
t'ao
t'ao
t'ao
fc
到 口 to arrive in port ； to enter port.
到 關 to come to the Custom House ； to attend
at the Ctistoms Office.
到 雞 to arrive at one's banner or at one's home
(said of a Manchu soldier).
道 it has come to my, the Taot*:u's, hands.
to upset ； to pour out.
to pray ； to entreat.
unhusked rice ； paddy.
米 paddy and rice.
糧 grain.
to tread on.
afflicted ； to grieve for.
to rob ； to steal ； thieves ； robbers.
賊 thieves ； robbers.
風 the habit of robbing ； thievish propensities
(amongst the population).
逃 to run away ； to abscond.
逃 A fugitives ； runaways.
逃 an escaped prisoner.
壽 billows ； a heavy sea.
to demand ； to ask for.
套 an envelope ； a book cover ； a set (of books,
clothes, etc. ) ； a snare.
得 must ； to receive ； to get ； to obUiin.
得手 to manage satisfactorily.
得確數 to ascertain the exact amount of.
得悉 to be informed of; to note the contents of
(;is of a note).
德 virtue ； kindness ； benefit ； favour.
德 便 nd vantages granted ； benefit.
德意志 (te-i-chih = Deutsch) German.
德 意志人 German subjects.
德意 志译國 the States of the North-German
Coufedenition ； the German States.
德 國 Germany ； German.
德 商 German merchants.
特 special ； especially ； on purpose.
特 旨 a special decree from the Emperor.
特 答 ij a special order (a concluding phrase in de-
spatches from superiors).
> a special order ； a special proclamation.
特諭'
特示
特 達 special intelligence.
特意 on purpose ； intentional
«'« 特發 准單） .，
特 准單據 f'sPeeialPenrnt'
特 撥之項 moneys specially set tiside ； special
特動 之工费 expenditure od jK-coiint of special
wiiiks.
特 用各費 expenses for special use; extni-
(ndinary expenditure.
特 奉准買 to be licensed for the purchjise [of
o.vceptiniiul goods].
特 此懇祈 I make this special petition.
特據） 1
特 ,， 「0 select ； to appoint ； speciiilly selected.
登 to ascend ； to enter (as in a book).
登山 to iiscend a hill. '
登舟 to get on board ship ； to embark.
登岸 to go on shore ； to land.
登 to enter in a ledger ； to register.
登記 to enter (as in a register) ； to record.
登填
to insert or to enter (as in :i book).
登 州 Teng-cho\v-fu, in Shantung.
登泰靑 the three departments of Teng-chow-fu
(登 Z'" 力, Lai-chow-lu (恭 ？"/ ), and Oh*ing-choii-
fu (靑 chHn<j)y forming the circuit in charge of
the Taot'ai at Chefoo.
t^ng 澄 clear; limpid.
澄 j]^ cubebs.
化 燈 a stirrup, now commonly used for tcng (燈 ),
a lamp ； a light ； lights (const aud river).
燈塔； I lighthouse (tower-shaped) ； a light- tower.
澄房； L lighthouse (house-shaped).
錄 樓 II lighthouse (being a house of several stories).
燈 *^ lighthouse (pavilion-shaped).
燈 船 a lightship. •
證架 ：i beacon with a light.
燈 火 the flame or centre of a light.
燈 籠 ：i lantern.
燈 草 lanipwicks.
ihig 等 to wait ； class ； rank ； sign of the plunil ； after
II single proper name it has :i generalising force,
as " and others," "etc":' " and the like," "such
as" ； after a series of names it simply denotes
plurnlity, when it should lie left untranslated.
等 級 rank ； degree.
等候 to wait.
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fhig 等 因 such jirgimients ； " and the like :irj;'uments ;，，
"i'k'.，" closing a (flotation, when from ;i document
written by a superior or an equal, but not used
when (luo'ting an inferior. The following expres-
sions are similarly used : 等 由 (thig yn); 等 情
(teng chHnfj), " such circumstances" (should only
be used when quoting an inferior) ； 等 事 ( tmg
shihj, "such matters." When the words used by
unotlior nritei' (or speaker) are quoted, the (luotation
may be closed by ;ulding the words 等語 tmg yil)，
" such words " ； if an accusation is the subject of
the quotation, by adding the words 等 詞 ( tmg
tzUl. )y " siK;h charges"; after an enumemtion of
nialpnictices or nuisances we often find the words
等 弊 ( taig pi), " such, malpractices.'" Such
com'ludin 扒 r phriuses need not be translated ； they
simply show th:it a quotation or :in enumeration
uf arguiueats, circumstances, facts, charges, mal-
practices, etc., is concluded, and correspond to
■ what in English writing is expressed by inverted
commas. The plirase 等 因 ( thuj-yin ) is some-
times inserted in copies of documents when the
tenor of another document, which in the original
appears at full length, is omitted for the sake of
convenience. Cf. yiin yun ^ 5：^.
等 類 such articles ； "etc" etc."
t'eng 腾 to copy.
M 錄 to copy ； a copyist.
勝 淸 to make a fair copy.
t'^ng 藤 („r 藤） cane; rattan.
籐 竿 rattans.
藤 器 rattitnware.
藤 肉 split rattans.
藤 黃 gamboge.
t^6n(j 騰 to ascend ； to inform.
t^inff 疼 pain ； painfully ； sorely ； intensely.
低 low ； to lower.
低 昂 low or high (as price) ； a fluctuation in the
rate of.
低處 a low place.
低稅 to lower the duty.
" 底 the bottom ； at the bottom of ； end ； at the end
of ； a rough draft.
底 長 the length at the base.
底稿 a draft.
底 '{^ to enter in a book ； a book entry ；
, book of
drafts.
抵 to act as ； to perform the service of; to consider
as equivalent ； to substitute ； to oppose ； to arrive
at.
抵支 to act as ； to perform the service of.
抵換 to exchange ； to substitute.
抵張 to settle an iiccount.
抵 押未淸 pawned and not redeemed.
抵卡 to arrive at a barrier.
抵 ； f 阜 to arrive in port.
抵 i 扈 to arrive at Shanghai.
隔 (used for t.i 堤, a dyke) to guard against ； an
enibaiikinent ； tiie bank of m river.
隙 防 dykes ； coast defences ； to guard against.
敵 au enemy ； to compete with ； to oppose. .
敵私 to compete with smuggling.
職 to buy grain.
賴耀 to buy and sell grain.
帝 ； in Emperor.
弟 a younger brother ； a junior ； as a term of
modesty, "I," "my."
第 number ； No.; but; however ； merely.
第 號 No ； Registered No
第一 子口 the first barrier.
她 earth ； ground ； land ； bottom.
她基 foundation.
地方 a place. This noun is frequently added to
local names, and need not then be translated.
J 也方官 the local authorities ； i.e., the prefect,
sub-prefect, magistrate, etc., of a place.
她 方公事 local business.
地 勢 the particulars regarding a lot of laud ； the
nature of a place.
她主 a land-owner.
J 也 了 the land tax.
她 圖 a map.
地位 a situation ； a site.
她 甲 the tithing system, by which one man is
made responsible for the behaviour of his ilistrict ；
an elder.
她保 a. tithing-man ； a U-pao.
J 也 簏 mattmg.
遞 to give ； to hand to ； to present (as a document).
遞貨單 to hand in a cargo list ； to present a
ship's manifest.
遞 加 to add 2)ro rata; to add a fraction of a
certain amount.
遞奏 to address the Throne.
的 true ； certain.
的保 a true guarantee.
的 擎 ;in autograph.
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H
H
t'i
H
tiao
tiao
Hao
tiao
Piao
tHao
提 to raise ； to bring forward ； to mention ； to send ；
to submit ； to remit (as moneys),
提 淨 to extract the pure metal from an alloy.
提及 to mention ； to refer to.
提 II to end. to the Custom House (as an offender
for examination),
提案 to bring up a case in court.
提 究 to try a case ； to examine into ； to prosecute
(for legal punishment).
提 項 remittances.
提 B 帚 to remit for
提 ■ ^分賞 to allot rewards.
提台） a provincial general-in-chief or admii-iil-in-
提督 f chief-
提 布 brocades.
題 to discuss ； to briflg forward.
題升 to recommend for promotion.
蹄 hoofs.
替 to abolish ； to substitute.
體 the human body ； also the body as opposed to
the extremities (as "the body of a structure") ；
to receive courteously ； substantial ； decent.
體較! ^鬆 the frame or body is weak and shaky.
體 恤 to befriend,
體 察情形 to investigate the circumstances.
體 面 respectable.
懇 tlie marten or sable.
懇 皮 sable skins ； marten skins.
調 to remove to another post ； to transfer ； re;id
/Mao : to harmonise ； to restore harmony ； to
regulate ； to mix or compound.
調遷 to remove or transfer to another port or
station.
調間! ^軍 a Kweichow regiment transferred to
Fukien.
調 治 a cure ； to cure.
調理 to nurse one's health.
雕 (周 lj， or 彫) to engrave ； to carve.
雕 亥！！ to engrave ； to cut in wood.
吊 (or 吊) to condole ； to hang; a quantity of cop-
per cash varying in number, according to locality,
but generally representing about a thousand.
挑 to carry.
挑 失 a porter ； a carrier.
條 twi^s ； a paragrapli ； an article (as of a Treaty) ；
strips (as of leather) ； a classifier of long, slender
things, also of bags, roads, etc., and of rods (of
iron, copper, etc.)-
"tVto jl 糸 編 twisted, or plaited, like basket-work.
； i<:recniont containing a miinher of aiti-
' It's ； a Treaty.
條 款 Treaty paragraphs ； a Convention; articles;
ic^nlations.
條 規 roKulations ； byelaws.
fM 例 niU's tor procedure ； regulations.
條 理 i'oasoii;ihle; logical ； well founded in detail :
regulations ； rule.s. Cf. 條 條有理 every
section has its rules (Williams). '
m to sell grain.
籍米 to sell rice.
迭 alternate ； satisfactory.
迭 次 repeatedly.
牒 an otticial document ； a despatch ； n warrant ； a
Lienoalogical table.
J§ to reiterate; repeatedly.
叠 次 repeatedly.
帖 a L-ard ； a billet ； u document.
貝占 to paste up (as a public notice) ； to make up
for ； to supply a deficiency.
貼 水 to pay the difference in price of sycee ； i.g.，
補 永.
鐡 （鉄， or § 夷） iron.
鐵 條 iiiiil-rod iron.
鐵 板 bar iron ； sheet iron.
鐵 5$ pig iron.
鐵 片 an iron plate.
鐡 片 條 hoop iron.
鐵 絲 iron wire.
鐵 釘 iron nails.
鐵 器 ironware.
鐡 刀利器 cutlery.
鐵 練 iron chains.
鐵 雜 iron hoops.
鎖 格 an iron beacon.
tun 點 (or 点) a point ； :l dot; a stroke ； to dot; to
tick otf; to punctuate ； spotted ； to light (as a
laiuij).
點名) to tick oft' (as the names of soldiers when
> mustered, or of emigrants when shipped);
點明) to muster.
^{j 驗 to dot and examine ； to tick off while ex-
amining; to check (us a list of articles).
點 鐘 an hour ； hours ； o'clock.
點 燈 to light a lamp.
點 照 to light (as a lamp) ； to exhibit a light.
t'iao
tith
tick
tick
tHch
Hell
tHeh
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tim 店 a commercial establishment ； a shop.
店 主 the owner of a shop.
店堂 in the shop.
店夥 ：i mercantile assistant ； a partner.
lien 典 a standard ； a law ； a rule ； authentic documents ；
statutes.
典當 to mortgage ； a pawn-shop.
典寶 to mortgage ； to pledge.
典主 a mortgagee.
典 田 to mortgage land.
典 史 ； in inspector of jails.
tieii 個 to work in the fields ； ji tield labourer.
油 戸 agricultural population.
tien 餘 indigo.
tien 電 lightning; electric ； glance ； to glance at (said
of a .superior who investigates a matter) ； hence,
in composition with, various verbs, "may Your
Honour be pleased to "
電 氣 electricity.
電 線 ：i【i electric wire; a telegraph ； telegraphic.
電線行 a telegraph company.
電報 a telegram.
電 璧 (an honorary style of addressing officials)
"your enlightened mind."
電察 be pleaded to investigate,
fien 殿 a palace ； the Imperial Palace.
殿 下 the Imperial prince,
fieri 塾 to advance money ； to fill up ； to add to.
塾 欽 advances (in accounts).
ficn 奠 to offer libations to a god.
奠 to sacrifice to the gods.
天 heaven ； the sky.
天 命 Heaven's decree ； fate ； destiny.
天 良 Heaven's goodness ； the good nature inherent
in man.
天 主 the Lord of Heaven, i.e., God (so called by
Eoiiian Catholics).
天主敎 the Roman Catholic creed.
天主堂 a Roman Catholic church.
天 下 the empire ； China ； the world.
天 下各國 all the countries in the world.
天平 a balance ； a scale.
天 津 Tientsin.
天 津 條 約 the Treaty of Tientsin; the British
Treaty concluded in 1858.
tHen
Hen
t'im 天 后宮橋 a bridge at the Quid de la Pagode, in
the French Concession at Shanghai.
I'ien 添 to add ； to increase ； additional.
添改 to make additions aud alterations (as in a
document).
添 g£ to fill in.
添 IS to moor (a vessel).
甜 sweet.
甜 言 sweet words ； flattering language.
i 括 tranquil ； being a forbidden character, should be
written (fSm), the last f>troke of the full char-
acter being omitted.
ffi to fill up ； to write up (； is the blank spaces in a
printed form).
壞 築 to fill up (for building).
壞 to return (as borrowed money) ； to pay a
debt ； to make up for a deficiency.
填铺 to make up for (as a deficiency).
壞 簿 to insert in a book or register.
填寫 to fill in by writing.
壞 S£ 英 文 to fill in the English [version].
壞 發 to fill up and issue ； to make out (as a docu-
ment).
tHen 田 a field ； land.
田庄 a farm bouse.
田 地 landed property ； land.
田賦 a tax on land ； ground rent.
tif^y 定 to iix ; to stipulate ； it is stipiihitecl ； it is agreed
that ； it shall be the rule that.
定額：
定數：
定期 to name a day ； to fix a time for ； at fixed
times ； regularly.
定限 a fixed limit of time.
定 制 a fixed routine ； fixed rules.
定親 a fixed rule ； to fix ； fixed ； to decide.
定 式 having a fitted pattern ； uniform ； standard.
定地段 to divide the country into sections.
定爲 to fix as ； to fix at (as at ji certain rate).
定明 to settle ； to decide.
定局 a fixed arrangement ； to settle ； to decide.
定立 to frame (as a rule) ； to settle.
定擬 to decide upon (as upon rules) ； to give judg-
ment.
定 斷
定案
> a fixed amoimt : a fixed number.
> to decide a case.
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ling
ting
ting
ting
fiiifj
tinff
fHlKJ
fHnrj
f'infj
iHnff
定 to decide ； to have a cftsting vote.
定單 ii contract.
定 銀 earnest money ； bnrgaiii money.
定海廳 the inferior department of Ting-hai.
§^ :ui ingot of silver.
丁 a nail ； an adult male.
丁 香 cloves.
丁 役 official attendants ； runners.
丁 憂 to mourn for parents during the customary
lieriod.
訂 to fix ; to settle ； to arrange ； to adjust ； to settle
terms.
訂局 to decide.
訂定 日期 to appoint a day.
訂 問 to examine.
釘 a nail ； to nail; to bind (as books).
頂 the crown of the head ； the top ； the vane (of a
li^fht tower) ； an official button ； tlio top of any-
thing.
頂 戴 to wear a button ； the wearer of a button.
頂 德 imbued with virtue ； "please your goodness."
頂 替 !i substitute.
*^ a pavilion ； a dome.
亭 ^ pavilion-shaped ； dome-like.
^ to stop ； to delay ； to anchor.
停 輸 to stop a steamer.
停止 to stop ； to abolish (as a practice).
停 留 t。 delay.
停 工 to stop work.
停 辦公事 to close a public office ； to stop work
(as on a holiday).
停 泊處所 a place for anchoring ； a berth.
停船界 tlie harbour limits.
廷 the Court.
庭 a hall of audience ； a house ； a room.
艇 a boat.
艇 隻 boats,
聽 to hear ； to obey ； to wait for ； to yield to ； to
permit.
聽 閲 to hear.
聽 制 to be subordinate to ； under the control of.
聽 憑 to depend on ； will depentl on.
聽 從 to yield ； to give way ； to comply with.
聽 審 to abide by the decision of a court.
tHng
tiu
to
t^ing 聽 住 to allow.
聽 45 便 at his, or their, option.
聽船主 0 便 -it the option of the shipmaster.
聽商 自便 at the merchant's option.
聽 候 t'j wait ； to iiwait (！ is a decision).
聽 Tii to entertain a petition ； to consider u report
(from an inferior).
應 an inferior department ； a ""'y ; a court of
justice ； a hall ； a reception-room.
廳 驛 territorial magistrates ； tHng ami hsien dis-
tricts.
丢 to lose ； to throw away.
丢 失 to lose.
多 much ； many ； several ； too much ； (after a
iiunilier) move than.
多 寡 quantity ； how much.
多 時 a loner time.
多 定 to upon a great nuinher (us of holidays
to l»e kept).
多 有 小 暗 沙 there are miiiierou.s patches of
slinals.
多 有價値 渐 減 the prices of various articles
have ^j;railuiilly ilt'(.lim、il.
多傳 I? 字 驛洋行 tu yuiiniiim ;i number of
Uittive ； uid foreign firms.
多 徵稅銀 the duty overcharged ； an excess of
duty.
多於單 more than [is .stated in] the document.
多 報 to overstate.
多 報之數 an amount or quantity overstated ；
an excess.
多收 to receive too much (as a set of scales not
properly balanced).
多 出寬長 若 干 the excess in width or length.
多 至 up to [so much] in quantity ； :'t the most
up to ； not exceeding.
to representing the sound (o in t'oreij/n words.
[^嚷 呢广 to-lo-nij -Spanish stripes.
to 度 to calculate ； to consider ； to think. C'f. tu 度，
度量 to measure (as a vessel).
to 奪 to criticise ； to settle.
to 桑 a head of flowers ； flowery ； as a term of respect,
" your."
梁 翰 your flowery epistle ； your note.
to 躲 to hide away ； to escape from.
躲避 to seek shelter ； to escape from.
to 燥 to pile up ； a heap ； a target.
to 蛇 a ship's rudder.
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to 蛇工 a heluisnmn.
蛇 柱 woo.l poles used for ships' rudders ； poles.
to 惰 i:"y'
to ^ji to curry a burden ； a beast's load.
"o 妥 safe ； proper ； settled ； steady.
妥員 a reliable officer.
妥 當 safe ； satisfactory.
妥 便 safe and comfortable.
妥 善 safe and good ； properly managed.
妥協 in proper order ； safely done.
妥 速 safely and promptly ； without delay.
妥定 to settle satisfactorily ； well settled.
妥理 to safely arrange ； to regulate ； to manage.
妥辦 to manage safely ； to take the proper measures
in carrying out business.
妥議 to devise or draw up (as rules and regula-
tions).
妥商 to consult ； to negotiate about.
妥 派巡船 to send out cruisers.
妥 爲商辦 t。 deliberate upon.
妥設 g 法 to adopt the safest measures for.
t'o 陀 steep ； dangerous ； representing the sound to, or
dha, in foreign [Sanskrit] names.
P£ 羅 (t'o-b = 15 它 羅呢， "o-lo-ni) the Sanskrit
dharaniy a BuddMst prayer.
陀 羅經被 a pall with Buddhist prayers em-
broidered on it.
^0 能 a camel ； to carry burdens.
§^ 毛 camel's wool.
轮 (or 拓) to take up with the hand ； the distance
one can measure with the hands, i.e., a fathom.
托 付 to entrust to the care of.
i*0 託 to cormnissioQ.
託賈 to commission one to buy.
託帶 to ask one to bring.
i^o 脱 to take away ； to retire ； to escape.
脱身 to retire ； to withdraw ； to stay away.
股免 to avoid.
耽除 to remove.
脱 卸 to unload.
i'o 拖 to drag ； to pull.
拖帶 to tow (as a ship).
拖帶船 ft 之鞴船 "ug steamer.
t'o 拖 a tug-boat.
拖船簿 a register of licensed steam tugs.
拖延 to cause delay.
tou 直 beans ； peas ； pulse.
直 子 beans.
直 石 pulse. Cf. ssfc 絲 斤.
昔 餅 beanaike.
萝- 腐 beancurd.
直 油 bean oil.
直 ^ cardamoms ； nutmegs.
直; § 花 mace.
直規銀 Shanghai tael silver (so called at the
Yangtze ports).
tou P5 (or 鬭） to fight.
tou 5|* a Chinese grain measure, lo of which are equal
to a picuL
tou 陆 suddenly ； to stop ； to desist.
陆 重 to aggravate suddenly (as a disease).
tou 資 ;i hole ； a mistake.
Vou 頭 the head ； the end, or an end, whether upper or
lower (as the upper and lower points of a buoy) ；
first; foremost.
頭等 of the first class.
頭 尾 liead and tail; first and last; beginning and
end ； both ends.
頭目 an overseer ； a chief.
頭 跪 the foremast.
頭白寶 pure sycee of the first class,
t'ou 偷 to steal ； to pilfer.
偷漏 to fraudulently evade (payment of duty) ； to
smuggle ； thieves and smugglers.
偷 漏稅課 to defraud the revenue.
偷税 to rob the revenue ； to smuggle.
^ 1 to rob : to steal ； thieves.
偷盜 f
t(ou 投 to deliver ； to present to; to send in; to give
up to (by sale or as a gift).
投 報 to send in an application ； to report (as for
payment of duty).
投文 to present a despatch.
投 帖 to send in one's card.
t'ou 透 to penetrate ； transparent.
透 鏡 dioptric.
透徹 to be thoroughly acquainted with.
《sa> 雜 miscellaneous ； to mix.
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tsa 雜 樣 miscelliineous sorts.
雜 貨 sundries ； miscellaneous goods.
雜 藥 miscellaneous drugs.
雜 糧 miscellaneous sorts of grain.
雜 費 miscellaneous expenses.
雜 亂 coDfiised ； confusion,
雜混 to get mixed up.
fsfli 在 to Toe ; in ； at ； in the written language, generally
a preposition of place.
在江甯 at Nanking.
在關 in Customs employ ； at the Custom House.
在 地 on land (as opposed to the sea).
在 置貨特 at the time of buying goods.
在事 to do service as ； to be on duty ； on service.
在事者 the members of a service or of an office ；
connected with business.
在 案 "it is on record ；" "as records show;" a con-
cludino- phrase showin^^ that the f;icts stated are
ou official record ； it need not be translated.
在逃 to have run away ； to have absconded.
在 坐 being seated ； occupying a seat on the bench
(in court).
在 內 inside ； included ； inclusive of.
在 外 outside ； not including ； exclusive of.
在 iP .speedily ； quickly.
tsai 哉 ;tn interrogative particle expressing doubt, or
conviction, placed at the end of sentences.
/肅 截 to contain ； as a vessel contains cargo, or as a
document contains a statement ； to be laden with ；
to contain ； a year ； years.
載 客 to c;tn-y passengers (as a passenger boat).
截貨 to carry goods (said of a vessel).
截 貨憑單 a bill of lading.
截 運 to convey.
载 在撥船 to be placed on board ;i cargo-boat.
截 \ 總 單 to enter on the cargo certificate.
载明 i"s stated in
截 回 to carry back ； to provide a home passage.
tsai 戴 to stow cargo.
戴 赴 to send by boat to.
tsai 灾 for 炎) a calamity ； calamitous.
tsai 宰 to rule ； a ruler ； a governor ； to kill cattle.
宰 相 a Prime Minister ； a Grand Secretary.
tsai 再 still ； af^in ； farther ； besides ； in addition to
what has^een stated before ； often merely opens
a new sentence.
tsai
ts'ai
ts'ai
ts'ai
ts^ai
ts'ai
ts^ai
ts'ai
ts'ai
ts'ai
ts'ai
tsan
tsan
ts^an
■ materials.
> to decide.
ts^an
45 者 furtlier ； l)esi(.les ； in addition to this, it has
to I'e .stated that.
再三！ . , .
再四 S
M 四熟思 |t o con^siiler over niul over again ； to
M 四 思 維 i consider ripely.
才 mental capacity ； power ； talent.
才 拙 inability ； incompetency.
材
材料：
財 riches ； funds.
裁 to cut (as clothes).
裁撤 to cut away; to do away with ； to remove.
裁 剪 to cut out (as cloth) ； to plan ； to arrange.
裁酌
裁奪.
裁奪； 遂 to decide and notify for guidance.
采 to pluck ； to gather.
彩 bright colours ； to adorn with colours.
採 to gather ； to choose.
採買 to buy up.
採 辦 t。 buy.
綜 coloured silk.
絲 襟 coloured satin.
菜 vegetables.
猜 to guess ； to suspect.
贊 to counsel ； to assist ； ;i counsellor.
譜 to commend ； used for 贊 (tsan), to counsel, etc.
參 (or 恭) to counsel ； to impeach. Cf. shcn and
參贊 a Secretary of Legation ； a Military Assistant
Governor in Turkestan.
參奏 to memorialise the Throne.
參謀 a State Counsellor.
參軍 a military secretary.
參將； I colonel.
參酌 to consult.
參劾 to impeach ； to denounce for dismissal.
參究 to impeach ； impeachment.
參戀 to punish by impeachment.
參革 to deprive of office ； to dismiss.
參拜 to visit a superior.
議 to slander ； to criticise.
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Wan
U<tng
ts*ang
> to conceal.
残 to injure ； to destroy ； deficient ； cruel.
^ the silkworm.
薛 子 silkworms' eggs.
V m)
> cocoons.
K 絲 )
赃 (or 職） to bribe ； to loot.
赃 物 plunder ； the spoil carried away by robbers.
脏賊 ：》 plunderer ； a thief.
倉 a granary.
倉 庫 granaries and treasuries.
jj^ the hold of a ship.
絵口單 a ship's manifest.
媳 底 at the bottom of a ship's hold.
H 房 cilbins,
藏匿
fsao 早 morning ； in the morning ； early.
早 晚 between morning and night ； within short
intervals (as daily fluctuations).
早晚 不同 to change between morning and
night (as the price of goods subject to frequent
fluctuations).
鬼 black ； police runners.
糟 rotten ； decayed.
遭 to meet.
遭遇 to meet with ； to happen.
遭風 to meet with a storm ； to be in distress.
裏 dates.
造 to make ； to build; a party in a cause.
造册 to prepare a list or table ； to make statistics.
造册處 the Statistical Department of the
Inspectorate General of Customs.
造 屋物料 building materials.
造船 to build vessels.
造船局 a Government dock ； the Foocliow Arsenal,
造船 准單 a permit or license for building a ship.
造具 to prepare.
造 具淸册 to prepare statistics.
<s*rtO 草 plants ； grass ； straw.
草 帽 stra"w hats,
草 巾冒 IS straw brai<L
草 字 running-hand characters ； rough writing.
草 稿 a rough draft.
草 鞋 straw shoes.
tsao
tsao
isao
Uao
tsao
' to drill soldiers ； to exercise troops.
ts^ao 曹 ;tn official ； order ； class ； a sign of plurality.
曹平銀 common syces ； the Ts^ao-pHng or market
t:iel.
ts'ao i 曹 to transport by water.
曹 糧 Government grain ； tribute rice.
曹 運 to convey by water.
糟 船 a vessel carrying tribute gmin.
？曹 河 the Grand Canal.
ts'ao 操 to take in liand ； to manage ； to drill.
操 作 to do manual work.
操 兵:
操 練 ：
tse 則 a list ； a tarifl' ； then ； a particle of inference,
marking the apodosis of a sentence (see chi 倉 P).
則 例 regulations ； a tariff.
tsG 責 to charge ； to be responsible for ； to punish.
責 納 to charge a fee.
貴罰 to punish.
責問 to interrogate : to hold responsible for.
貴令 to charge with ； to order ； to let.
tse 擇 to select ； to choose.
擇選 to select.
擇吉日 to select a lucky day.
擇訂 to assign (as a berth to a ship).
擇取 to make a selection of.
tS6 澤 kindness ； fiivour ； a marsh.
ts^c 策 a scheme ； a proposition ； a means of; to urge,
fs'e 拆 to break open. See also ch'ai 拆-
拆開 to open (as packages for examination).
拆 驗 to open for examination.
拆寶 to break up for sale.
拆 賨船料 materials from vessels broken up for
sale.
拆湊— 處 to remove (as hoops from packages),
and collect in one place.
is*6 湖 to fathom ； to measure.
測 量 to survey (as a river).
ts'i 册 statistical, etc., tables ； a list ; an inventory.
册 簿 a list ； a book for registry.
tsei 賊 robbers ； to plunder ； in warfare, the enemy.
賊 類)
二 ―、 > robbers ； thieves ； banditti.
賊匪 f
t$^in 參 mixed ； confused. Cf. ts'm and sMn.
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tseng
tsmg
ts^tng
ts^cnfj
fso
tso
tso
tso
> to add to ； to increase.
參 差 fts^m-tz^ii) incongruous; to disagree; irre-
gular ； uneven ； to make distinction between ； to
make :i ditference.
參 差爭論 to disagree ami quarrel.
增 to add to.
增長 to increase.
增 添
增益
增 改新例 atlditioual ond inotlifit'.l rules ； revised
rules.
贈 to give ； to bestow.
曾 a sign of the past.
曾經 ：i sign of the past : have, has, had.
曾 立 haviug been set up; drawn up.
層 a story ； a tier ； an item ； a parngrajih ； a
question or subject matter.
作 to make ； to do ； before verbs, like hsing (行 )，
gives a verb active force, e.g., in the sentence
可作考 選之人 {i.e. J " the persons who may
examine, or iimy be members of the Board of
Examination"), tso (作) iins the eftect of prevent-
ing the sentence being luisconstiiied as "the
persons who may be examined, or may be admitted
to examination ；" (= 爲) to consider as ； i.q., tso
傲.
作 工 to work ； to do coolie labour.
作 成 to make ready ； to complete.
作 保 to be surety ； to guarantee.
作 証 to act as witness ； in witness [thereof].
作 速 to hurry ； speedily.
作 官 to be an official ； a mandarin.
作―家 f CJ to constitute the living or food
for the whole family.
作 抵 to substitute ； to tender in lieu of (as duties
of one kind for those of another kind).
作 事 to transtict business.
作文章 to compose essays.
作 爲 to make; to manufacture ；
consider as ； to treat as.
to act as : to
> yesterday ； the other day.
昨
昨 曰
昨 夜 last night ； the other night.
繫 to bore ； to dig ； to sift a matter ； to furnish
evidence.
左 the left side ； the senior of two. deputies where
only two are employed ； not agreeing.
左 邊 the left side; the starboard side.
tso
左 右 light left; on either side of; more or
less ； about
左 堂 an Assistant Magistrate.
tso 佐 to jussi.st ； a-ssistant.
佐 領府 a niiliUiry title (colonel or uiiijor).
'so 坐 to sit ； to sit on the bench iu a court
坐 視 to sit and see; i.e.y to look on without acting.
坐 船 to go in ii vessel ； by ship.
坐 給 in the ship's hold ； to be in charge of
the ship's hold.
坐 搶司事 employ^ in charge of a ship's
hold.
坐堂 to sit in court.
tso 座 a classifier of houses, beacons, lighthouses, etc.;
a seat ； a throne.
fso 做 to do ； to act ； i.q. J tso 作.
做 工 to do work ； to be employed.
fs'o 措 to employ ； to use ； to publish ； to give out.
措 辦 to put into operation (as a Tariff).
(s'o 錯 confused ； mixed ； wrong ； an error.
錯 誤 a. mistake.
錯 雜 to mix up by mistake.
ts'o m brine ； salt.
m rgr )
, 7^ Uhe Salt Administration; the Salt GabeL
it 綱 f
ts'o 撮 to bring together ； to gather up.
撮 要 to collect the important points ； to make an
abstract ； a rSsurn^.
撮合 to unite ； to make a match ； to reconciliate.
fsou 走 to walk ； to go ； to depart ； to run.
走 禾 i to smuggle.
走， 么漏稅 to evade payment of duty by smug-
glLug ； to hiiiiuggle.
tsou 奏 to address the Emperor.
奏 Ira to petition the Throne.
桌明)
^ Uo state in a petition to the Throne.
奏稱 (
«書#
^措 ^ ;i memorial to the Throne.
奏本、
奏 定 decided by the Emperor in reply to a
memorial.
奏 奉諭旨 to receive a reply from the Throne.
ts^ou 湊 to collect ； to assemble.
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tsu
tsu
tsu
isu
tsu
tsu
tsui
tsui
tsui
fsut
ts*ui
> ancestors.
full standard silver ； pure sycee.
助 to co-(H>orate.
助 救 to assist in rescuing ； to come to the rescue.
tt
駔宗
載 鹿 :m ancestral temple.
祖 rrnt ； to rent ； to hire.
祖 銀 mit.
租 《！ f lApeucliture on account of rent.
祖 ^ ：. lease.
祖雇 to hi IV ； to charter (iis a ship).
祖 界 land on which (； round rent is paid ； a con-
fessioii : :i settlement (ay the British Settlement at
Shanghai J.
阻 to impede,
阻 滞 to obstruct ； to stop ； obstruction ； stoppage.
阻镜 to lie vexatious.
卒 Ik'tors; police runners; soldiers ； suddenly.
足 （mough ； sufficient ； the foot.
足 敷 enou;ih ； sufficient ； the complete amount.
足 色 surticiont colour ； full standard silver ； pure
sycee.
足 色紋銀
足紋
族 ：i. ( ！; m ； a family ； a class ； a sort.
粗 蟲) coarse.
粗 細 L-our.se rind tine ； the quality.
粗 磁 器 coarse chinaware.
？ El 夏布 coarse gnisscloth.
季_3 麻布 coarse linen.
粗 斜 紋 布 drills.
丰 5 赛扇 unti-iinmecl palm-leaf fans.
嘴 the lips ； the mouth ； a beak.
最 very ； extremely ； most ； sign of the superlative.
最 西之處 ill the extreme west ； the westeru-
nio.sl point.
最 後子口 the last barrier ； the barrier nearest
:i Treaty port.
最 優之禮 the most courteous treatment (such
as is granted to the representatives of the most
favoured nation).
M 關緊要 most important in connexion with
[this subject].
罪 crime ； punishment ； to punish.
罪 把 fi critninnl.
酔 intoxicated.
催 to urge.
(sun
tsung
tsU/KJ
tsung
^ J. kingfishers' feathers.
^ -Xj )
尊 lionoured ； honourable ； to honour ； as a. term of
civility, " your."
遵 to (山 ey ； to comply with ; to follow.
遵 照 in compliance with ； in obedience to ； to be
^aiided Ijy ； for the guidance of.
遵依 to comply "With ； to obey.
遵行 to comply with orders ； to be f^nided by ；
lor one's guidance.
遵
守 to observe ； to be guided by.
遵
悉 to be apprised of for one's guidance.
遵
斷 to abide by the decision in a case.
遵
織 to submit to paying (as a fine).
遵
奉 to obey ； to observe.
遵
奉之日 days to be kept as holidays.
tsun
竣-
See chdn.
ts'uu
寸
:in inch, the tenth part of a chHh or foot.
tshm
忖
to consider ； to conjecture.
ts'un
衬
:i. village.
ts^un
存
to keep ； to keep as a balance.
' to file in the archives ； to keep on record.
存行 to keep in one's hong or store (:is for sale).
存 楼 to store goods in a goclown ； to keep in store.
存庫 to keep on deposit (as funds paid into a
treasury).
存査 i
存案：
存 ； f 艮 ； I butt ； a counterfoil.
^ II to file in the Customs archives.
存 ^ a drawback.
存留 to keep ； to detain.
存欽 a balance.
宗 kind ； description ； class.
宗廟 an ancestral temple.
宗 室 the Imperial family.
宗人府 the Imperial Clan Court.
tsung 綜 to arrange threads in weaving ； to collect.
綜算 to estimate ； to calculate.
綜紛緒 to collect the confused threads of :i
texture ； to arrange in order.
緩 coix.
稷 色 brown.
機 繩 coir rope.
鬵 (interchanged with 暖 tsung, dishevelled hair):
bristles ； a wig ； a cue.
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tsung 縱 to loosen ； to allow ； makin'u allowance for ；
although.
縱不 知情亦 應箪換 a.lth'、'i!_'li thoy (lid not
know tlio riiTUinstnuccs, yet tliey are to be re-
moved tVt-iiu ofticf.
t$U7ig 總 all ； general ； central ； chief ； collective.
總 須 all luu.st ； must oil any account.
總口 ：i central Customs station.
總 卡 a principal barrier ； a head barrier office.
總 暑 a head office.
總單 a cargo certificate.
總驚單 ：' cargo certificate issued by the Likin
office at one of the Yangtze ports of call, for
delivery at a Foreign Custom House.
總 名 a general designation ； a ten".
總目 a synoptic table ； a table of contents.
總 册 ； t general list ； a general table ； a statistical
summary.
總 數 totals.
總 簿 a book for general entries ； a ledger.
總 例 :t general rule.
總 管 to have the general control of ； a general
manager.
總 辨 to superintend ； a chief manager.
總 理 to have the cfeneral management of.
總理 各國事 務衙門 the Yamen havmg
the general control of matters connected with
foreign countries ； the Tsungli Yamen.
總 理委員 a deputy in general charge of matters.
總 督 a Governor-General.
總 兵 a brigadier-general ； a cMn-f^ai.
總 稅務司 an Inspector General of Customs.
總 營造司 ail engineer-ill-chief.
總信差 a chief letter-carrier.
總 不 not on any account. Cf. ping 3fe 未.
總 不 能 not at all able to ； in no case shall
泉§ 是 after all ； finally it is ； generally speaking.
總 期 it is expected to be ； hoping that ； with the
general aim of.
ts'mg 從 to follow ； liable ； to u^ee with ； to yield ；
( = 自) from (local and temporal) ； since ； (=從
求) hitherto ； so far; read tsung, a clan; to be
attached to, as one of secondary rank.
從 便 to follow one's convenience.
從 繁 to follow, or to cause to follow, many (as
many restrictive rules) ； to impose a great many
(as holidays to be kept).
tsHinff 從旁 to be present at.
從 重 severe; strict (as punishment).
從重 議罰 lial)1e to be severely punish eiL
從 重治罪 to be severely punished.
從 輕 vU'liling and light, t.o., lenient (jks with
puiiisimieut) ； to mitigate.
從輕 减罰 to mitipite a fine.
從 優 liberal ； considerate.
從 W liberal; plenteous.
從 寬 to remit (:is punishment) ； to tieiit with
k'uioiu-y ； to luitijjnto.
從給照 之口起 t<j date from date of issue (of
a curtitifiiU').
從此以 後 after this; from henceforth.
從 前 t'uinierly.
從 衆爲定 the [absolute] majority decides.
從新 另議 to negotiate anew and sepamtely ； to
renew negotiations.
從 品 (tsung-}/ in) the second or B division of any
of the nine degrees of Chinese rank.
tu 杜 to restrict ； to prohibit ； to stop; to prevent.
杜私運 to stop secret traffic.
tu 肚 the belly ； the stomach.
tu 親 to look ； to see.
hi 賭 to gamble ； to play ； to bet.
賭 博 to gamble.
都 ； I metropolis ； all.
都統 a lieutenant-general.
都察院 the Court of Censors ； the Censorate.
都御史 a President of the Censonite.
督 to .superintend ； a superintendent ； a Governor-
Genera].
督 管 to have control over.
督率 to superintend ； to direct ； to have under
one's orders ； to lead (as soldiers) ； to phvcc oneself
at the head of; to direct (as a body of workmen).
督 理 to superintend ； to govern.
督辦 to manage.
督 憲 the Governor-General or Viceroy.
督 撫 Viceroy and Governor.
督 撫司道 the provincial authorities, viz.,
Viceroy, Governor, Treasurer, Judge, Salt Com-
missioner, and Grain Collector (or Tao-t*ais), Cf.
SSfl 司 道*
督 糧 道 a provincial Grain Collector.
tu }寶 to trouble another (as with a petition).
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fti ilocuments; archives ； registers,
tu ^ to read ； to study.
讀書 to rend books ； to study ； a literary man.
tu ^ very much ； highly ； true ； real.
篤 ； g: to keep in high memory.
tu 獨 single; alone ； only ； on one's own account.
獨樹 a single tree.
獨 身一人 a single person ； alone.
tu 度 (lej^rees of :i circle or a sphere ； degrees of
latitude or longitude ； to pass over ； a rule; a
limit. Cf. to J^.
度 數 degrees.
tu 渡 to crori-s ； to ferry over ； to make a passage by
tu
' to plate ； to gild.
渡船； I fen-y-hoiit ； a passage-boat.
镀
i 度金
裏庋 銀 to wash with silver ； to plate.
土 earth ； raw opium, so called owing to its earthy
appearauce ； land ； native ； local.
土 產 native produce.
土 貨 native goods ； local produce.
土 煤 native coal.
土 布 native cotton cloth ； nankeens.
土 染洋布 native- dyed foreign cottons.
土 絲 silk from the Canton district ； fine raw silk.
土 U dried indigo ； a, kind of Prussian blue made
in China.
土疾芬 china-root.
土 A the natives ； aborigines.
土妓 a local prostitute.
土 匪 local robbers.
土 耳基國
土耳國 (t'u-Mt-hw)
土耳 基洋藥
土耳基 金花土
徐 a road.
' Turkey ； Turkish.
> Turkish opium.
> on the way ； en route.
途 中 i
塗 mud ； dirty ； to besmear.
塗来 i 茶粉 to besmear one's face with cosmetics ；
to paint faces with rouge and chalk.
突 abraptly ； unexpectedly.
兔 a hare ； :i rabbit.
t'u 鬼 皮 hare skins ； rabbit skins.
t'n 徒 a foot-soldier ； a follower ； a rowdy ； a pupil ； a
disciple ； to banish.
t'ii 圆 to plaa ； to covet ； a map ； an illustration ； a seal.
圈記 ：i private seal.
圖 書 a seal ； an illustrated book.
圖 禾 Ij to be covetous of profit.
圖免 to try to evade (as payment of duties).
圖們江 (f^u-mm chiangj the River Tuiiien, near
vLulivostockj on the Corean and Russian boun-
dary.
tiian 紐 .short ； not sufficient.
短 少 to be curtailed ； to decrease.
^ $ 出 a deficit ； deficient.
tuan 端 upright ； correct ； serious ； akOj matters ； affairs ；
a paragraph ； a passage ； the lie;id ； the end; a
teriuinus ； a spot.
端 正 upright ； correct.
端 莊 modest ； grave ； serious.
端 -fSr upright and generous,
端裙 康慶昭 和莊敬 rr"""-?/;i K^an,,-
ckHng Chao-ho Vhuanfj-ch ing) the honorary name
{hui-hao, ^ 號) of the Empress Dowager Tz*u-
AN.
端 佑 :m upright help; a true help.
端佑 康頓昭 豫莊誠 (T 垂， K'ang-i
Chao-yti (JJiuang-ch'ihiy) the honorary name {hui-
hao, 凝 號) of the Empress Dowager Tz'C-hsi.
端 陽節期 the dragon-boat festival.
端 陽 (ur 端 午) the dr;igon-boat festival (5th
day of 5th moon),
tuan 段 ii lot ； a section ； a paragrnph ； u band ； a limit ；
:i section of the coast line, comprising; a distance
of 10 li ； a classifier of rocki^, shoals, etc.
tuan 敏 silk cloth ； satin ； thick silk.
殺 布 cotton damasks.
tuan 斷 to break asunder ； to cut off; to decide ； very
(used to enforce negative particles).
斷半 to halve a thing.
斷 令交出 to decide that payment is to be
made ； to order, by way of decision m a case, that
payment be made.
斷 難 very difficult ； decidedly difficult ； impossible.
斷 不 not at all ； by no means. Cf. pm(/ 並 未.
斷而不 連 by no means connected with,
《'Ma7i 圑 to collect together ； a ball ； a lump.
團 聚 to accumulate ； to collect together ； to keep
order among a crowd.
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Vnan
tui
till
tin
I'm
tun
tun
fun
tiai
tun
tun
tUUfJ
tunrj
圑 練 to drill soldiers.
對 to compare ； to check ； to agree ； a pair ； opposite.
1^ 徑 opposite.
對 面 opposite to ； off
堆 ：L heap ； to heap up ； to accumulate.
堆積 to heap up.
免 to weigh ； to weigh silver ； to pay in silver or
sycee.
免收 to receive weigliiug (sycee) ； i.e., to receive
oush or bullion.
免 換 to exchange (as sycee).
PJ? an army ； a company.
PJ^ 伍 rank and file.
退 to retire ； to refuse.
退去 to withdraw ； to retire.
退還 to return.
退回 to shut out goods (from a ship) ； to retire.
退 辦 to throw up the mnnagement of.
腿 a leg; a thigh.
推 to shirk responsibility ； to refuse ； (= 推 算)
to reckon.
推辭
推却
推 該 to retract wliat one hail agreed to; to shirk
responsibility ； to back out.
敦 sound ； generous ； honest
敦崇手 U IS to be pervaded by the honest feeling
of peace and frieudship.
a hillock ； a beacon mound.
flE dull ； blunt.
頓 to lay down ； to store ； to part with ； to injure ；
a ton,
H 錢 a ton (weight or cubic measure).
嘲 數 tonnage (amount of).
dJP 紗 tonnage dues.
蔓 a storehouse ； to store.
靈船 a receiving ship ； a hulk.
$ 關 stored under bond, as in a bomled hulk or
godown ； " bonded."
吞 to swallow ； to usurp.
吞 佔 to usurp.
冬
winter; the end.
東 east ； eastern ； ( = 東家) the master of a house-
hold ； a ship-owuer, etc.
to decline ； to refuse.
'篇， 東 西 east ami west ； eastera and western.
東西' 各, the countries of the eastern und
wfr^teni seas ； foR'i"'n countries.
束北首 towards the north-east.
東家 ：i master ； a host.
東 洋 the eastern scu; Japan ； Japanese.
東 洋 車 a Japanese ciirriage ； i.e., u jiuricsha.
3JC 閣 大學士 one of the four Chinese Grand
ScLTotiuies.
柬 小 河 the East Gate Creek (Shanghai).
柬 海 f 诏 the Chefoo Customs.
'""J/ 勤 to move ； to work ； to carry out work ； to
change ； to meddle with ； to appropriate (as funds);
to use.
動 工 to commence work.
動 手 to move hands ； to go to work.
動 身 to get up ； to sUirt.
動履 to move aliuut.
動撥 to tranship goods.
tu7ig 董 to manage ； ( = 董 事) a senior em ploy ^ ； an
expert.
董 事 a senior in ii firm ； :i malinger.
tu'"j 'f 董 to understand.
t'un'ff 同 with ； the same as.
同 此 the same as this ； to the same effect.
同前由 "J prtrticulars being the same as the
|_J ^ V former ； "to the same effect as the
同 n? 因 5 former."
同 時 at the same time.
同 意 of the same opinion.
同重 an equal -weight ； the same weight.
同樣 of the same kind.
同 樣三紙 triplicate copies (of a document).
同列
same class.
同類）
同 額之貨 goods of the same denoiiiiuation.
同坐 to occupy the bench with another.
同 行 to do together; to co-operate ； to go together.
同 霍 Lioipiite in favouid, or privileges, granted
to others.
同鄉 a countryman ； a fellow-townsman.
同商 a mercantile friend ； n fellow-merchant.
同— in conformity with ； in every respect the
same.
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|=j 等、 belougmg to the same category ； of the
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t'ung 同 是一貨 it is the same cargo.
功絲 silk reeled from dnpions.
同 知 11 sub-prefect.
同 治 the period of reign of the Emperor T'dng
CiiiH (1S62 to 1S75).
同 安 T'ung-an-hsien (near Amoy).
《("?'5r 銅 copper; brass.
銅 板 bar copper.
飼 條 copper rods.
銅 51 copper, in slabs.
銅 sheet copper ； copper sheathing.
銅 fg brass-foil.
銅 釘 copper imils.
銅 ifi percussion caps.
飼 絲 copper wire ； brass wire.
飼 ^ copperw;ire ； brassware.
鲖料器 copper material and articles ； unmanu-
l";icturod copper and copperware.
飼 鈕 ^口 brass buttons.
銅 錢 copper cash.
銅盆 a copper basin.
銅 務 copper business, i.e., mint matters ； business
connected with the coining of copper cash,
t^ung 桶 a cask ； a barrel.
t'wiff 通 all ; to communicate with ； to bring about ； a,
classifier of documents.
通知 to inform through another ； to notify.
通報 to report, through the channel of an inferior,
to a higher officer ； to announce.
通悉 to make generally known ； to inform hy cir-
cular or proclamation.
通達 to inform ； well versed in a matter.
通 明 clear ； intelligible ； perspicuous.
通曉 to inform the public ； to make generally
known.
通 行 for general circulation ； general ； current.
通 行曉諭 to make known to the public.
通 行出口 A> 口 to traffic inwards and outwards
at a port.
通 答 ij to issue circular instructions to.
通用 ifl, or for, general use; used by all; in com-
mon use.
通 用齒號 the Commercial Code signals.
通資 currency ； copper cash.
通書 a calendar.
t'wig 通 事 an interpreter; a linguist.
通 判 a deputy sub-prefect.
通商 to communicate by trade ； to traffic ； foreign
trnde.
通商後 after the opening up of trade.
通 商和約 a Commercial Treaty.
通 商稅貝 IJ tiie Customs Tariff (according to
Foreign Treaties).
通 商章程 Trade Regulations under Foreign
Treaties ； the Rules appended to the Tariff.
通 商各款 the articles regarding trade.
通 商各口 tlie Treaty ports.
通 商別口 another Treaty port.
通 商各關 the foreign Custom Houses.
通 商事務 foreign trade matters.
通 商大臣 ：L Minister Superintendent of Trade.
通商 總局 the Board of Foreign Trade (at
Foocliow) ； a Chamber of Commerce.
通商稅 務公會 the German Zollverein.
通志 a local (provincial, etc.) gazetteer.
通 ^ total ； complete.
通 共章程 complete regulations ； in particular,
the Revised Yangtze Trade Regulations; also,
the Five Rules regai-ding Transit Trade, called
通商各 口通共 章程-
通 同 to be connected with.
通 同舞驟 to take part iu the commission of an
irregularity.
通誠 to befriend ； to accommodate ； by way of
accommodation or compromise.
通 S$ 辦理 to make an arrangement by way of
accommodation or compromise.
卩 蓮 1 the pith-paper plant ； the Aralia papy-
蓮草 ( 咖'
蓮 紙 pith-paper ； rice-paper,
蓮紙畫 pictures on pith or rice paper.
thmj 統 all; uniformly ； total ； the beginning.
統共：
統計：
統轄 to be in general charge of.
統帶 to bring with oneself (as witnesses to court).
統帥 a commander-in-chief.
子 a child ； a son ； affiliated ； added to nouns as an
ending, as it were, which usage is generally
borrowed from the colloquial language ； children ；
seed.
> total ； a grand total.
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子口 a small port affiliate<;l to ii larger port ； a
Customs barrier.
子口稅 transit dues.
子棉花 seed cotton.
字 a written character ； a number, inasmuch as it i.s
expressed by a character.
字 樣 style ； phrase ； " the words ，） in u
document.
字號 a mark (as on a package of merchandise).
^ ^ a license.
字 據費銀 a license fee (as paid by pilots).
紫 purple ； brown.
紫 黃銅器 copperware and pewtenvare.
紫 極 stickliic.
紫竹林 (Tza-chu-Un) the local name for the site
of the Foreign settlement at TienUiii.
資 (for which fzit 貴 is used) commodities ； neces-
saries ； capital in trade ； to assist in.
資 貨 goods ； stock.
資送 to assist in forwarding ； to send with pre-
sents of money, etc. (as a destitute to his home).
資錄 to provide by way of assistance (as a destitute
with means of support).
咨 a despatch ； to address in a despatch, (iised
among Chinese correspondents and equals),
咨 文 a despatch ； an official document.
咨明 to inform in a despatch.
咨 請 to request in a despatch.
咨 詰核復 to ask in a despatch for a reply.
咨暴 to petition ； to address a superior in ivriting.
咨 fj to address in a despatch ； to address an equal.
咨覆 to reply in a despatch.
咨 商 to deliberate ； to consult by correspondence.
兹 this ； these ； now.
兹 者 now.
滋 numerous ； great ； mucli ； very) to increase.
滋 深 very deeply ； severely.
自 self; spontaneous ； of course ； must; from.
'自 巳 oneself.
自 M to prepare oneself ； self-made ； self-owned
(as foreign «bin« owned by Chinese) : to provide
oneself ； to furnish. 、
自用 to use oneself; for own use.
自 着 to wear oneself; for own wear.
'自 報 one's own declaration ； to declare oneself.
自赴 to proceed in person to.
窗造
self maJe ； own manufucturc.
must ； must of course ； bound to.
自 作
自 辦之事 matters to be managed by oneself.
© 願 by one's own wish ； with one's own consent.
a 行出洋 to emigrate from one's own free will.
自 行赴卡 to go to the barrier office of one's
own accord.
19 鳴 鐘 a striking clock ； clocks,
e 嗚 風 签 an automatic whistling apparatus.
'自 能爆開 inflammable ； explosive.
自來火 lucifcr iimtehes; also, gaaliglit; gas.
'自 來 7jC water from the waterworks.
'自 存 to support oneself; to be able to do without
help.
"S 盡 to commit suicide.
M 應〕
'自 必
自 宜
g 當 j
：自然 of course ； spontaneous ； natural.
自然銅 native copper.
自… 起 至… 止 from (suc/i a dak) to (such a dale )•
'自 曰落 起至 日出止 from sunset till sun-
rise.
@ 古 來 from ancient times up to now.
之 後 from after
'自接 函之時 fi'om the date of notice being
given ； from the date when the letter was received.
自通 商征稅 以來 ever since duties have
been levied on foreign trade.
自外 之 to look iit from outside ； from a
superficial point of view.
- 自沙市 至大通 between Shashili and
次 second ； the next in order ； a time.
次 0 oil the following day.
次厚 to arrange in order ； scriatinu
此 this ； here.
此 照 " this is [hereby] certified."
此 佈 "this is ； I public notice ；" for general infor-
mation; "I beg to inform you of this" (of the
above).
此致" this is what I wanted to address you with"
(a concluding phrase in letters).
此 致 順頌 升滅" while communicating to you
tiie above, allow lue to express my best wishes,"
etc. (a concluding pliwii^e in letters).
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tz'ft
tz'a
tz'U
此 iSR 升 鎮 " with best wishes;" "with kind
rcf^'iirds " (a concUuHng phrase in letters).
此 項 tliis kind of; such ； this.
此 項货物 this class of goods ； such goods.
此 項公文 this document.
此等 nf this class ； Ic, such.
jifc 等案件 ^^uch cases.
此誠 手事 勢使然 this has really become
thus throuLrh the influence of circumstances.
此 端 this affair.
此 11$ during such time ； at this time ； now.
此 曰 the same day ； this day.
此 次 this time.
jifc 夕卜 besides this.
此 去 from here ； from this (place).
此 後 after this ； hereafter.
此八月 十九曰 on tins, the 19th day of the
8 til moon.
差 irregular ； uneven. Cf, ch(a and ch^ai.
祠 an ancestral hall ； to offer sacrifice to ancestors.
詞 to write ； to cledare in writing ； to accuse ； a
rhyme ； a rhythmical sentence ； tales ； empty
phrases.
辭 to decline ； to refuse ； to deny ； to use as a. plea
for not complying.
辭 退 to refuse.
辭宫 to resign office.
辭工 to leave one's work ； to coine off duty.
慈 kindness ； mercy ； the standing epithet for
mothers ； just as ym (嚴 )， stern, is the epithet
for fathers ； hence, 慈 母， " my mother ； ，，
嚴 父， "my fathQF,"
慈 躬 niy mother's body.
ii -It kind and joyful.
慈 安 the late Empress Dowager Tz'iJ-AN.
慈 膽 the Empress Dowager Tz*t-HSi.
{§. porcelain.
磁 器 chinaware.
磁商 a trader in chinaware.
賜 to confer ； to bestow.
賜 予 to grant ； to bestow.
賜 覆 to bestow an answer ； to favour one with
a reply.
賜 祭 to bestow sacrifices (so as to honour the
spirit of a deceased),
賜 敎 to bestow instruction ； to communicate one's
opinion.
tz'a 賜 恩 to bestow favour.
賜 K to grant special rewards [to the family of a
deceased official].
• w.
瓦 tiles ； earthen.
瓦 tiles and bricks.
瓦 器 earthenware.
凹， See ao,
挖 to dig ； to scrape out.
挖 铺 to erase and cover with a new patch of paper
on which the amended reading is writteu ； to
correct by erasure.
外 outside ； besides ； extraordinary ； in correlation
■with ch^a 除 (which see), besides.
外 國 a foreign country ； foreign.
外國 人 a foreigner ； foreigners,
外 國 煤 foreign coal.
夕卜 國 i 酉 foreign wines or spirits.
外國烟 foreign tobacco.
外 國月分 the foreign calendar ； the month
iiccording to the foreign calendar.
外 邦 foreign countries.
外洋口 a port across the sea ； a seaport ； a foreign
port ； the port of destination (for a ship about to
leave).
外 洋 S'J 地 other countries abroad.
外 需 情 事 extraordinary requirements; under
exceptional circumstances.
外 獎 an exceptional reward ； i.e., a reward not
giunted by the Emperor, but by the provincial
authorities.
玩 trifles ； to trifle ； to play with.
玩 物 playthings ； toys ； curios.
頑 thick-headed ； obstinate ； stupid.
完 to end ； to finish ； to settle (as an account, a
payment, or a case).
完工 to finish work.
兀結 ^0 complete an affair or a job ； to wind up ；
完歧 ( to settle.
完稅 to pay duties.
完 淸 to pay the full amount ； to settle :m account.
完 過 has paid ； having paid (duty).
完娶 y
完婚卜 marry.
完婣》
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y'dan j
wan
訓 )i
wan
waufj
ivang
u'ang
ivang
wanfj
u'anfj
ivang
宛 to yield ； to give in ； accommodating.
宛 轉 yielding to circumstances.
碗 a bowl ； a basin.
灣 a bay ； a gulf.
挽 to revert to the former state ； to restore ； to pull ；
to draw.
晚 evening.
萬 ten thousand ； a very large iiumlier ； all ； used
to enforce negation. Cf. pi" (/ 並 未-
萬 • one in ten thousand ； perhaps ； probably.
萬 壽 〃" the "Ten Thousand Ages"; the Emperor's
birt li
萬 代 ten thousand generations ； *'yoiu" oflsprmg."
萬國 all nations ； internntional.
萬 國公法 international law.
丸 iinytliing round ； a pill ； pills.
王 a prince ； a King.
旺 iiiiicli ； ill a high degree ； prosperous.
柱 a wrong ； a grievance ； to force ； 枉 駕， to
force oneself (as to pay a visit to :iu inferior} ； in
vaiu.
枉顧 to honour one with a visit.
往 to go to ； towards ； to ； formerly.
往來 to come and go ； traffic ； correspondence.
往 來信件 correspondence exchanged.
往 H constantly ； usually ； on a former day.
往 常 constantly ； usually.
往 年 in former years.
往 世 fttrmerly ； former generations.
往 往 always ； constantly ； repeatedly.
亡 to perish.
敌 dead ； deceased.
妄 irregular ； what is not in order ； falsely.
妄告 to accuse falsely.
to forget ； to disregard.
望 to look to ； to see ； to hope ：
I5tli day of a Chinese month.
full moon ； the
望見 to see ； to observe ； to be within
望準 to take the bearing of.
look-out ； a signal station ； a light-
station ； a beacon or house visible iit a
long distance.
ivaiuj
wang
icang
望摟
望示 to look forward to [the receipt of] instruc-
tions.
望 切望速 lif^piiij^ for strict and speedy atten-
tion [tu the in;itler].
望 日 the 1 5tli Jay of a Chinese inoath.
罔 not ； without.
罔 極 limitless ； illimitable.
網 a net ； to catdi (:is in ;i net).
爲 (read in tlie !ihang-2»Hn(j tone): to make ； to con-
sider ； tn holil that ； (read in the ch^ii-shaifj
tone) : Ijccause of; on beli;ilf of; in iimttcrs of.
爲 善 is good ； recommendable.
爲 15 in witness thereof; as a voucher,
爲業 as iiiy business.
爲憑 as fi vouclier.
爲此 on account of this [matter] ； therefore.
爲 此 ？.? » 會 this despatch is written, or addressed,
爲此移 請查照 、、i'itiiis a despatch oa this
account, pleiise UiUc official notice ； "I shall be
obliged by your noting the subject of my de-
spatch."
爲此 康- on this account I make a petition.
爲 何 on Avhat account % for what reiison ？ why.
爲 事 in the matter of
爲 照覆事 in the matter of a reply.
爲 咨詰事 ill the matter of an official request
(introductory phrase to a despatch).
偽 to counterfeit ； false ； fictitious.
偽 造 to counterfeit.
偽 錢 counterfeit money.
圍 to surround; stands for 鬧 { wci), "the side
doo" of the palace " here caiulidates once ua<ler-
went their examination " (Wilijams) ; the public
literary examinations.
圍姓票 AVci-ping lottery tickets. The Wei-
ll sin (f 'or "literary exuiiimntion surnames,'' lottery
is a kind of betting on the surnames of successful
candidates. Being regardcrl ;ia :i form of gnmbling,
it was until Lit el y forbidden by law, and the
tickets were liable to seizure.
峰 curtains.
緯 the woof of a texture ； parallel lines ； to weave ；
fringes ； tassels.
緯度北 northern latitude.
緯 線 silk tassels.
違 to offend against ； to oppose.
違避 to .al)scond ； to avoid,
違 命 to disobey an order.
違章 to offend against regulations ； to break the
rule.
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途此例 to oHend against this rule.
逸 禁 otVomling against prohibitory rules ； pro-
hibited.
逸 禁貨物 prohlbitetl goods ； contraband.
犯 to offend against.
途 背 to disobey orders ； to disregard a rule ； to
break a contract.
途背 合同躭 撋船事 touumige payable
uuder cliiirter imrly.
遠和 to become unwell ； to fall sick.
閣 the door of :in examination hall ； hence, ex-
aimnation for a degree generally. See wei 圍.
衛 to escort ； to guard ； the country of Wei, an
gun
stub
and Clulili ； stands for
衛 閣 閣 to guard the village;
keep pence within the country.
衛護 to guard ； to escort.
ancient feudal state comprising parts of Honan
"Tientsin."
and hamlets ； to
畏懼
- to fear ； to dread ； to be alarmed.
畏 5、 念 to fear the road ； to avoid the transport of
goods from fear of difficulties.
委 to depute ； really ； indeed ； to bend down ； to do
injustice ； a grievance.
委員 to depute officers ； a deputy ； a delegate.
委 員代辦 to depute an officer as one's agent.
姿 實 truly ； in reality.
委屈 an injustice ； wrongful oppression.
矮 to shirk one's duty ； to back out.
to speak of ； to mean.
威 majestic ； (1— ified ； stern.
微 small ； trifling.
微物 a small matter ； a trifle.
微 利 small profit.
微 碍之處 obstructions of small extent.
ifw 之事 Lae delalls (as opposed to the general
features of an affair).
危
危
危 險之處 an obstruction.
危 fxi ivjr 之 ^ articles of a dangerous nature ；
e.g., gunpowder and other explosives.
跪 masts ； spars.
跪 木 111*1 «ts! nr ppnrs (timber).
梳 植 on the top of a mast.
唯 excepting ； but.
dangerous ； danger.
帷 ）
,，， … > a curtain ; curtains.
帷 帳 f
帷房； I screen.
惟 to consider ； to hold that ； only ； but ； except.
'If 某 人 自行認 理 } So-and-so will be held
惟某 A 是問 ( responsible,
'淮 照 " direct your thoughts to this note " (a con-
cluding phrase in letters).
維 to tie; to help; (= 惟) to consider, etc.
尾 a tail ； a spit of land ； any pointed shore, if
quite flat; what is left behind ； a balance.
尾 隨 to follow close after.
尾 隨其後 to follow close after one.
尾 數 unsettled items ； moneys to be recovered ；
recoveries.
-未 not; not having ； not being; the opposite of 已
(ij, having (sign of the past).
来 善 not good ； not properly.
未 便 inconvenient.
未 能 cannot; impossible.
未 猜 cannot ； cannot manage to.
未 蒙綠獲 I have not yet been favoured with
the capture [of the robbers who stole my property].
未 免 cannot avoid ； is bonnd to.
未 完 not settled ； unsettled ； outstanding.
未 然 not so ； that which has not occurred yet, e.g.,
15^ 患於未 然， to take steps against calamities
before tliey occur.
求 盡事宜 matters not exhausted, i.e., not
completely settled.
朱 列 not enumerated.
未 領執照 without a license ； without a bond
certificate.
未 經 have not ； has not ； not yet ； not having.
未 經完稅 not having paid the duty.
未 賀 have not; has not; not having ； without
having.
朱 撤之先 before being removed.
未領紅 單之先 before the issue of the port
cleanmce.
未 士 in Cantonese pronounced Mi-sze ； the pidgin-
English word for Mister, Mr.
昧 taste ； flavour ； style.
位 position ； place ； a throne ； n gentleman.
慰 to soothe ； to console.
f to crook ； to bend.
1^ 法 to pervert the hw.
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> an infectious disease ： an epidemic.
wai 文 a despatch ； an official letter ； a text ； a passage
in a text; a cash ； a copper cash.
文內 in the despatch.
文 件 despatches ； documents.
文書 an official letter ； a document.
文 憑 a documentary proof ； a protocol.
文武 她方宫 civil and military local authori-
ties.
文宗顯 Wen Tsung Hsion (the dynastic title of
the late Emperor Hsien Feng).
3C 安 縣 the district of Wen-an, in Shun-t'ien-fu.
wen 紋 streaks.
紋 銀 silver with streaks (refers to the corrugated
appearance common to the outside of a shoe of
pure sycee, as contrasted with the smoother surface
of an impure shoe) ； pure sycee.
紋 水 the difference or fluctuEition in the price of
sycee silver.
li'tn 温 warm.
温 州 府 the prefecture of Wenchow.
瘟
瘟痫
^(^C7i 問 to ask ； to hold responsible.
WC71 簡 to hear ； it is rumoured.
闘 報 to receive a report.
iom 穩 firm; safe ； steady.
wo 我 our; we; I; me.
■ 僕 Japan ； Japanese.
卿 富 a nest ； birds' nests.
纖 35. (or 伍) five.
五；! ^音子 nut-galls (so called in the Customs Tariff);
galliiiits.
■'"^u 伍 a body of soldiers ； a military division.
观 吾 I ； my; we; our.
吾 兄 my elder brother ； i.e" "you," when addres-
sing a senior.
吾 弟 luy younger brother ； i.e., "you," when
addressing a junior.
吾 友 my friend.
wu Pg to see face to face ； to meet in person.
晤會 to meet in person.
稱 汚 filthy.
mi 烏 black.
鳥 木 ebony-wootl.
鳥 煙 opium.
！置木 j ebony-wood.
题 to deceive ； to lie.
M 挖 to uccuse falsely ； to forge an account.
M 吿 to accuse falsely.
M p5 false evidence.
屋 a room ； a house.
握 to grasp ； to hold tijrht ； to have proper control
of, as in ^ja-^yu (把 握)， to have sway over.
武 military.
武宫： L military officer,
武備院 the Imperial Armoury,
武 穴 (vni-hsneh) Wusiieli (； i port of call on tli
Yangtze).
吳 the ancient stale of Wu, comprising the country
about Soochow.
吳 \& Woosun"' (an out-station at the mouth of
the Shiinghui river).
愤 delay.
誤 wrong ； a mistake ； to delay ； to neglect.
談會 to luisapprehenrl ； a mistake.
誤 認 to erroneously take as ； to mistake for.
誤疑 to erroneously suspect.
課罰 to punish in error. •
誤 to unintentionally break the law.
誤 人險途 to enter a dangerous road by mis-
take ； to run into danger.
無 not ； the opposite of yit P^), having; not
having ； without ； nil.
無 非 cannot but ； bound to ； hy all means.
無不合 hound to agree ； certainly not at variance
with.
無論 no matter whether.
無 論遠近 no luatter whether far or near ； irre-
spective of distance.
無 論多赛 irrespective of qiuiutity.
無論 貴賤 iirespective of price or value.
無事 no business to ； not necessary to ； no trouble ；
peace.
無 虞 there is no cause to fear ； without danger.
無 鶴 there is no loss arising from.
無 照 without a certificate.
無 花 having no ornament ； plain.
無 花 ^1 <lrills and jeans.
無 without flag (as :i ve.s^el).
無 m
^, 極
> without end ； infinitely ； endless.
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無 Wj without mistake; correct.
M 力 not having the power of ； being unable to ；
無 歡 li;ivinj^' no fiuuls ； insolvent.
嫉 if f': 可憑 there is no reliable standunl ； inac-
luinle and unreliable.
無 理 imreiisonable.
無 兑 without experience; unreasonable.
無 奈 tlicre is uo help for; no alternative.
M 從 not able to follow ； not able to ； there
is no way to ； there is no opportunity
to ； there is no help for.
^ 干) not afieetin^; not concerned in ； not con-
''^ > nci teil with ； to have nothing to do
M W ) 、、- ith.
無足 重輕 之擧 a matter of insufficient iiu-
portimce.
無 足爲示 引之處 not apt to show the course
a ship ou^ht to .steer ； to be of no use as a guide
to .sliijiping.
無 大用處 not of much use.
無異言 of the same opinion; expressing oneself
to the same effect.
無異議 to be of the same opinion.
無 出人 it causes uo increase or decrease : it makes
110 <litierence.
無 恥之輩 shameless people.
無糸 3 谷國 u。n-Trenty Po were.
無 虑影射 not to fear false statements.
無 所適從 there is no means to follow [a rule].
m )
i 湖
燕 湖 關 the Wuhu Customs.
舞 to dance ； to fence ； to play tricks.
舞弊 to wink at a iiialpracticc ； hoodwinking ；
isecix't malpractices ； irregularities.
毋 do not ； not.
毋違 此諭 do not disobey this order.
毋 違 特 札 special instructions not to be dis-
obeyed.
毋 3$ 特？ a special order not to be offended
npiiDSt ； a proclamation to be obeyed strictly.
毋々一 名 《*§ 網 flo Tiot let onp man escnpe.
毋 任違背 do not stand opposition.
毋. 須鋒 i 義訂章 you must not make regula-
tiuiis iu a liiirry.
毋 庸 need not ； not necessary to.
毋庸議 Deed not take into account ； to except.
？ /ft
，
2/«
午 a horary character ； noon ； the time from 1 1 a.m.
to I P.M.
午 亥!) before noon, say between 1 1 a.m. and noon.
午 後 afternoon.
勿 not ； do not.
勿論 no matter whether.
勿 須 must not.
勿 忘 Ije not forgetful ； keep well iu mind.
勿 忽 do not disregard ； be very careful about.
物 things ； ailicles,
物 件 packages.
惡 to hute ； to dislike. See o.
務 must ； business ； matters.
務 須 must.
務希 it is much to be desired that.
霧 mist; fog.
Y,
牙 a tooth ； ivory.
呀 to wrangle.
呀 Pi! 治木 kraujee-wood.
^ P 蘭米 cochineal. *
鸦 a raven ； a croAv.
鸦 片 煙 。― ni.
押 to sign ； to affix a seal ； a seal ； in copies of
documeBts, represents the place M'here the seal
appears iu the original : " L.S." ； to keep under
supervision ； to guard (as a ship or goods) ； to
escort ； to p;iwu ； to mortgage ； a pawn -shop ；
stands for 應 (ya), to press down.
押 f 主 to seal and sign ； to endorse.
押解
押送
3 甲案追 丄匕 to arrest one for criminal prosecution.
狎 封 to place under seal, as a godowD, a boat, etc
狎 截之物 ballast.
？ P 載 [5， 數 tlie tonnage of a vessel which is used
for cargo ； the registered tonnage ； the net tonnage.
壓 to press down ； to impress.
壓截
壓載: ！物
壓截鐵 kentledge iron.
壓載沙 土石塊 ballast 。f sand, uiiul, and
stones.
壓 印戮記 to impress a seal or mark.
> to escort prisoners.
、 Ijallast.
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ijai
/ a limit ；
a shore.
涯 the banks of a river ； limits ； limited.
衙》， .
^ pg f a yamcn; a Government ofiu'O ； a public
r court.
衙署》
衙 役 yJiTiien runners ； the lower cniployes in
Government offices.
yang 羊 a sheep.
羊 毛 sheep's wool ； woollen.
yang 恙 sickness ； grief; sorrow.
yang 洋 the sea ； the ocean ； foreign ； foreign coins.
洋面 on the open sea ； the sea ； waters,
洋 人 a foreigner.
洋行 a foreign firm.
洋商 ：i foreign merchant.
洋商船 ffi foreign merchant vessels.
洋船； I foreign vessel.
洋 式 foreign type.
洋 式船隻 foreign-type vessels.
洋 藥 opium ； lit" the foreign drug.
洋藥土 raw opium.
洋藥膏
洋 藥熟膏
洋藥蟹 a tax office lor likin on opium.
洋 米 foreign rice.
洋 酒 foreign wine.
洋 缝 foreign guns.
洋鐵雜 foreign iron hoops.
洋 標 出 ths.
洋 紗 muslins.
洋 布 foreign cloths.
洋 燭 foreign caudles.
洋 貨 foreign goods.
洋 土各貨 foreign and native goods.
洋 錢 ) forei"m coins ； foreign currency ； foreign
洋銀 < silver (as Mexicun dolhirs).
洋 i^lj M the local currency at Hankow (【 Hai-
kwau tael - local tael 1.0875).
洋 番 foreign ； foreign dollars.
洋 法 the foreign method.
洋文 a docnment, or a despatch, written in a
foreign language ； foreign writing.
洋 信 foreign letters.
■ boiled or prepared opium.
y 顯 J
yancj
yao
ycio
ycto
洋 正月称 tilt' be^jinning of January.
洋稅新 M the foreign Customs.
樣 u sort ； a kind ； a pattern.
樣式 a pattern.
養 to nourish.
養生 to support oneself or one's family ； to support
HIV.
養 家之戏 expenses for the nmintenance of one's
tamily.
央 to invite ； to entreat.
央求 to solicit ； to urgently ask for.
陽 tlie uiale principle ； the sun.
仰 to look up to ； to rely on ； to expect.
仰蒙 to receive respectfully.
仰懇 to respectfully pray for.
仰求 to respectfully ask ； lit" looking up, to ask.
仰 祈 to hunibly pray for.
仰沐 to look forward to receiving kindness.
仰望 to hope for ； to expect.
fli IP M 照 辧 现 you 、vill be guided by these
iusti'uctioua.
要 must ； luust be ； important.
要 務 important business.
要故 an urgent reason.
要 緊 important.
要 端 important matters ； essential points.
要 IS 各口 the important approaches (of traffic).
腰 the loins; the waist.
腰 脾 a belt ticket ； a ticket worn by soldiers a
their sides as an authority.
3§ to invite.
邀 言胄 to invite ； to engage for service.
搖 to shake ； to wave to and fro.
蜜 a kiln ； a pottery.
蜜貨；
蜜器：
謠 rumour ； lies ； falsehood.
遙 remote ； distant ； distance.
> pottery ； eartheuware.
藥材 > medicines ； drugs.
考料、
藥局 a dispensary.
输 a key ； a lock.
夜 the night ； at night.
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yeh
yen
yen
yen
yen
yen
yen
yen
yen
夜 晚 in the evening ； at night.
夜 中 at night ； " after hours."
夜 間 (luring night-time ； at night.
胶 the armpits ； pieces of fur taken from under a
fex's legs (such as are sewn together into coats
and jackets),
a father ； a term of respect : a gentleuian.
頁 the leaf of a book ； a folio ； the head.
也 a final particle ； also.
野 wM ； savage ； uncultivated.
野 粗 絲 wild and coarse silk.
野 獄 絲 wild raw silk.
野 蜂釀蜜 wild 獸 leaned honey.
業 land ； property; trade ； occupatlou ； "my trade
or business ； " hence a modest term for " 1，" used
by trades-people ； a sign of the past : have, has.
業等 a modest term for "we," used by trades-
people in petitions.
肇經)
， 卜 I sign of the past : has, have ； already.
業已 }
葉 a leaf.
言 to say ； words ； what is said.
言明 to state distinctly.
言狀 to describe ； to state.
言及 to say with regard to ； to mention.
P 因 to swallow ； the throat ； a narrow pass.
P@ 喉 the throat ； an important pass ； a thorough-
fare of traffic.
烟 (煙, or 露) tobacco ； smoke ； opium.
烟 葉 leaf tobacco.
烟 絲 prepared tobacco.
烟 捲 cigars.
烟 台 Yen4'ai( = Chefoo).
烟 台條款 ) the Chefoo Convention of
烟台會 議條款 $ 'S76.
脑 the throat ； ronge.
胭 脂 rouge.
厭 to reject; to dislike.
焉 an interrogative particle : how.
焉 敢 how coukl I dare ？ ( = 1 dare not).
燕 a swallow.
燕 富 swallows' nests ； [edible] birds' nests.
掩 to screen ； to conceal.
敝 to shelter.
yen jljj a gem ； being a forbidden character, should be
written 较 (ym).
yen 沿 to go along ； along.
沿 'J 每 江巡查 to cruise along the coast and the
river ； " coast ，， service.
沿 海各處 the places on the sea-coast.
沿 江 along the river ； on the river ； on the Yang-
tze.
沿途 on the roiul.
途子口 the barriers en route.
沿 途私賣 to sell clandestinely on the road ； un-
autlioribed sale [of goods] in transitu.
沿 途情形 [a record of] occurrences on the road ；
the log of a ship.
yen 延 to iuvite ； to protract ； to delay ； dilatory.
延 Ira to invite ； to engage the services of (as of a
lawyer).
延未 纖銀 to delay payment.
延擱 to delay.
延 抗 to be renitent.
延 鹏 a long period of happiness.
yen 筵 a mat ； a feast ； a banquet ； a dining-hall.
yen 嚴 strict ； stern ； to respect ； the standing epithet
for fathers, just as tz'n (慈 )， kind, is the epithet
for mothers ； hence 嚴 父， " my father."
嚴 密 strictly secret ； confidential.
嚴拿 to seize strictly ； to arrest.
嚴 拿偷漏 [to have authority for] arresting
thieves aud smugglers.
嚴傳 to summon.
嚴 加告誠 to add strict warnings.
嚴 加逐察 to subject to strict and detailed
exaiiiinatioD.
Rf: J© ■) to prevent the revenue from siiffer-
厫 I 力 彻 術 ( ig by fraud or smuggling; to
嚴 査漏稅 5 prevent smuggling.
嚴令 to give strict orders to.
嚴禁 to strictly prohibit.
嚴 察 to examine strictly.
嚴 it ffi 役 to deal strictly with the police run-
ners (in order to ensure the proper discharge of
their duties).
嚴 肅 solemn ； grave ； dignifiecL
ym 顏 colours ； the countenance.
顔 色 colour.
顏 料 dyeing materials ； dye-stuff.
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yen ^ salt ； to salt ； salted.
g| 池 salt-cellars.
H 裙、 salt fish.
瘦廠 a salt manufactory.
键商 a salt merchant.
隨 運使司 an inspector of salt giibel ； a Salt
Commissioner.
整大使 ：i sub-inspector in the Salt Commis-
sioner'ji yamen.
yen 宴 repose ； a banquet.
yen 眼 the eye.
眼 前 before one's eyes.
眼 同 together with another (so that both parties
may see) ； conjointly and before one's eyes.
跟 同閱看 to participate in the inspection of.
目 the eyes.
眼 科 an ophthalmist.
眼 鏡 spectacles.
yen 演 to practise ； to exercise ； to drill.
yen pitchy ； black.
黑 B 滅 to extiBguisli (as a light).
yen 驗 (or 驗) to examine.
乾、 單 a duty memo, (debit note for duties to be
paid, issued after the examination of goods and
hence called " examination bill").
驗、 明 to examine ； to ascertain (by examining).
驗 收 to examine and receive ； to accept (as a
document) ； to take delivery of.
看 to examine ； to inspect.
估核稅 to assess duties according to value ；
to charge ad valorem duty.
§ ^貨 to examine goods.
§t、 貨廠 a Customs examination shed.
貨手 an examiner.
、貨 人役 officers charged with the examination
of goods ； examiners.
驗 訖 examination being finished; "examinecl,"
St、 tt 完 IIpI to pay duties after examination.
,11； 試事由 the particulars or results of an ex-
iimiuation.
yen 識 to decide in judicial cases.
識局 a court of justice.
yen 屬 spurious.
藤製 to imitate ； to counterfeit.
yen 閣 a hamlet.
ym
See i.
昔 sound.
音 語 language.
昔 問 report ； rumour.
因 oil account of ； to cause.
因 爲 because of ； on account of.
因 而 therefore ； on which account he.
ym
yi 化
yiii
因事故 而斥革 to ha dismissed from office for
s 01111? ruaaou I'r oilier.
因 何 the reason -vvhy ； on what account ？
因 此 thereby ； therefore.
因 公 on public business.
因風收 13 to put into a port in distress.
因 時 on iiccouut of the time ； at the proper time.
@ 制宜 to take the necessary steps, as circum-
stances may require.
因 別 敌 for some other reasou.
因 循 remissness ； delay.
因 制 (in imitation of the English sound "inch")
iiu inch ； inulics.
姻 (or ^iH) to marry ； a bride.
殷 abundance.
殷 實 having ample means ； to be solvent.
霞 continuous rain.
銀 silver ； money ； treasure,
is 礦 a silver mine.
銀 碟 vermilion.
銀線：
銀絲：
銀 兩 silver in taels ； money.
銀 silver leaf.
銀 錢 silver coins.
銀 員 dollars ； Mexican dollars.
銀 洋 foreign coins ； Mexican dollars.
銀單：
銀^ _
銀 局 a mint ； a bank.
銀 匠 experts in melting silver.
銀號 a bank ； the Bank ； the Customs Bank.
銀數： L sum of money.
銀 憩 the ermine; also, the squirrel.
艱鼠皮 ermine skins ； squirrel skins.
> silver thread ； silver wire.
> a money order ； a Ixmk note; a cheque.
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yin 引"、 lead.
弓 I 水 a pilot ； pilotage.
引 水 M 事 a senior pilot.
引水船 ：i pilot boat.
引 7K 章 程 the Pilotage Regulations.
引水字 據 a pilot's license.
引 15 pilotage fees.
弓 1 務 pilotage business.
引 見 to introduce ； to have an audience with the
Emperor.
引 誘 to entice.
弓 I i/( to strike fire; to inflame.
yin 飮 to drink.
飮 食之銀 uuiintenance expenses.
yin 隱 dirk ； to avoid ； to conceal ； to keep out of view.
隱 漏 to avoid, to evade (as payment of duties); to
defraud the revenue by concealment of facts.
隱- 匿千咎 to be guilty of concealing {e.g., a
document to be delivered).
yin 印 to print ； a seal ； to stamp.
印 信 a seal ； credentials.
P[J 宫 an official holding a seal, i.e., an official
appointed by Government direct, and not a deputy
or vei-yliaii (委 貝 )•
P[J 照 a sealed certificate ； a passport ； a bond cer-
titiuiite.
印 牒 a sealed document ； a license.
印 體 to seal and issue ； to hand back (as a petition
is sealed and hauded kick with sealed endorse-
ment).
Pp ！ books to be sealed ； books contaiuing
duplicates of dociimeats sealed (as a " Protest
Book").
印 務 the affairs of an office so far as they concern
the sealing of documents ； responsible afiairs.
印 花 布 printed cotton cloth ； chintzes ； chintzes,
furnitures, and cotton prints.
印花 装婆布 jaconets, cambrics, lawns, and
iiiuylins.
字 to print characters ； to print.
印 字之役 a printing-office employ^.
印 書 to print books.
印度國 {yin-ta-hio) India ； Indian.
印 度牛黃 Indian cow bezoar.
yin posterity ； generations; being a forbidden cha-
racter, should be written (yin)， the first stroke
being omitted, or 允 (yunj.
inng
ying
ymg
ymg
ying
J- having to pay duty ； dutiable.
I liable to exemption from duty ；
duty free.
迎 to meet ； to welcome.
盈 to be full ； overflowing ； increase ； gain.
盈 餘 an overplus.
:S 戯 obundant and deficient; profit and loss.
@ 庫 大使 an assistant treasurer ； a treasury
keeper.
應 (read in the hsia-jy^ing tone) must; (read in the
ck''a-shc7ig tone) to answer ； to respond to.
應 該^
應當 ^ must ； ought to.
i m )
應稅 1
應 征
應徵 I
應 完 J
應 完正稅 the full duty due.
應完 稅之貨 dutiable goods.
應 免
應 行免稅
應 値 lial)le to be valued at
脾 i BB ought to reflect or shine ； to be visible (as a
應 如 何酌量 ^vhat manner it is to be .settled.
應 否 whether or not it is necessary to.
應 否免税 whether duty free or not.
應 允 to consent to.
應 試 to respond to the call for examination ； to
report for examination.
膚 to undertake.
廳 an eagle ； a fill con ； a liawk.
應 级 )
應洋 eagle money ； Mexican dollars.
i 捧 番銀、
營 military; a camp ； a subdivision of a /isieh
(協)
or regiment ； a battaliou commauded by a yu-cki
or major, or an officer of similar rank ； to do; to
make ； to devise mechanical plans.
營， a guard house ； a military station.
營 造 engineering ； public works.
營 造尺量 the official measure of the Board of
Work-s.
營造司 the "Office of Works," a sub-department
of the Imperial household ； an engineer (for light-
houses, etc.).
營造處 an engineer's office,
營 D'lt a patrol ； a division of a battalion.
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ying
ying
ying
yo
yo
營 私 to practise smuggling.
營口 ) .
與子 ( Yingtzil ； the port of Newchwang.
英 excellent ； brave ； English ； British.
英 吉 利 {ying-U-li = English) English ； British.
英 國 England; Great Britain ； British.
英船 a British ship.
英 民 British subjects.
英 文 English writing ； in English.
英 德雨商 both British aiul German merchants.
英 捧 wr。ngly for ybig 應捧 [番 銀]， q.v,
鸚 a parrot.
鶴 i 鳥 洲 Ying-wU"Chou (a Likin station on the
Yangtze).
影 a shadow ； a delusion. .
影射 a shadow projecting ； false statements ； false
dedarations.
影 射之弊 the malpractice of spreading lies;
false statements.
硬 liard.
硬 木 hard-wood.
顯 to pray ； to implore.
観 懇 to entreat ； to invoke.
躍 to leap (as for joy) ； to exult.
有 to have ； to be ； there is.
有 M whether there is ； whether tliere was.
有 之 there is ； there are.
有 花 having ornaments ； figured (as piece goods).
有花 liS 花 色 布 dyed figured and plain cotton
piece goods.
有 賞 to be rewarded.
有 罰 to be attended with punishment.
有 功 meritorious ； tliere is merit in
有益 to benefit ； there is an advantage in.
有 碍 to obstruct.
有 所宣碍 there are difficulties ； to be fraught
with difficulties.
有 條 各 國 the Treaty Powers.
有雕被 焚之瞎 a fire-alarm ； a signal flag
lioistetl when ii ship is on fire.
有便 商情無 驛稅課 to serve commercial
interests while causing no loss to the revenue.
有 礙收稅 to interfere with the collection of the
> there is a difference ； to be different.
2/w 有 干未便 to be guilty of some disorder.
有 涉 to be connected with.
有 理 there is reason in ； sensible.
有 當 there is necessity for.
有異
有 別
有 魅 to entail loss.
有 餘 in OK' tlmti ； there is a surplus.
有 限 there is a limit ； liinitctl ； few,
有 零 and a fract ion ； and odd.
有年 ：i nujiiber of years.
有 日 some day ； there is a day or term fixed for it.
有 特 sometimes ； at any time.
^ to forgive ； to assist.
着罪 to forgive au offence ； to remit punislniieut.
憂 sorrow ； sadness.
憂 愁 to be full of sorrow.
優 to excel ； excellent ； competent ； excessive ；
complaisant ； tranquLl ； "'eutle ; fully.
優 待 to treat with consideration ； to treat civilly.
牧 ：i relative pronoun, i.q" .to (所) ； commonly used
iu phrases like yu-chi (flj^ ？^) or yu-Jcua )i (fjjf 關)，
" that which concerns."
幼 young.
幼弟 a younf; brother.
幼 兒 young children.
猶 more ； farther ； if; like ； still.
由 circumstances ； details ； from ； by way of. It
is frer|ueutly used to denote the doer of an action,
or the logical subject of :t sentence if it is not in-
animate; e.g., 由， 領 2 事 3 宫' 該 6 商 7， >y,i
(expressing that the term following is the subject
of the sentence) '-'Hng-^shih-^kuatt^ the Consul,
5ch' ih, orders, instructs, H-ai， the said, tup., ^shang,
merchant ； * 由 - 委 、 員"" 申 s 道〜 -t/u
3we"4yiian, the ■ Deputy, [must] 'hsicity before,
first, ^shcn-'^pao, report to, ^ssttj the high provincial
authorities and, ^tao, the Taot'ais.
由 水 道 hy sea.
由陸路 l,ytod.
由 驛 by post ； by courier.
由 是 from there.
由厦至 in fi'om Amoy to Hankow.
yu 禾由 the puiiielo.
袖 皮 iniinelo peel.
袖 子 puuieloes.
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y 、！
yu
a major.
y" 油 oil.
ftd 斤 oil (as merchandise). Cf. ssti 絲 斤-
fpll oil paint ； paints.
?lfl 漆 螯 oil paintings.
油 紙 oiled paper,
yw 尤 flirt hennorc ； still more; more ； particiilarlj-.
尤 爲緊要 it is still more important ； it is of
special importance.
游 (or 遊) to wander about ； wandering ； to travel ；
to float ； to swim.
游 f§ to wander about ； to travel ； to cruise about.
游颦 }
游府 5
又 farther ； moreover ； and ； often answering to
ditto or idem.
友 a friend ； friendly.
友邦 ：i friendly state.
2 /to entice ; to induce.
誘令 (
右 right ； that which is on the right ； after a docu-
ment : the aLove ； the junior of two deputies
■R-here only two are employed.
右 邊 the right side ； the port side.
右 照 the above certificate.
右 照 會 the above despatch.
右 貨 the goods (enumerated) on the right hand,
i.e., the above goods.
右 堂 an assistant magistrate.
佑 to assist.
ywig 用 to use.
用 /J» by means of a proclamation ； to show, or
express, thereby.
用 A employes.
用功 to make an effort.
用 i}j to be attentive.
用 資 provided with the Imperial Seal.
y 職 g 勇 brave ； a brave ； a soldier.
y 應 J 驟 to leap ； to exult.
驟躍 to leap for joy ； to gladly fall in with an
idea.
y^ng 湧 to bubble ； to rise.
y 職 g 庸 to use ； to have use for.
卩 储 to hire (as a workman).
储 役 a coolie hired for work.
ywig 銘 to melt.
yitnfj 顕 being a forbidden character, should be written 蹈
}y"''ff 入 the two last strokes of the full character
being omitted.
y 職 g H$ cleiir ； intelligent ； harmony.
yt""J 永 everlasting ； eternal.
永 爲定式 to regard as a permanent standard.
永無相 左之處 never any disagreements.
永行 弗替 to be always so and not be changed ；
so it shall always be.
永 遠 everlasting ； for ever.
永 嘉 縣 the district of Yung-chia.
yil 魚 fish.
魚 網 a fishing-net.
J® 肚 fish maws.
jS. 皮 fish skins.
J@ 翅 sharks' fins.
^> 膠 isinglass.
漁 to fish ； fishermen.
^ fishermen.
於 (or 于) in ； at ； on ； through ； by ； after an
adjective, than.
於 是 after this ； thereupon.
於 是日。 n the same day.
此 here.
於後 in the sequel ； as follows.
於商 人有 便 it is a convenience to merchants.
於税. 餉^ 甚出人 it makes no great differ-
ence iu the revenue.
jl5 賀 易有損 to be detrimental to trade.
y'tt 與 with ； to ； or; and ； to give.
與 否 whether or not ； or not.
與 同 the same as ； equal to.
與平 日不同 not as usual.
與國 課有關 to coTioprn the Imperial revenue.
與 關 to have nothing to do with ； not to
be one's business.
與德 國無 i!P it liai nutliing to Jo with Ger-
many.
與 商 情 1& 舊 to be connected with commercial
interests.
yil 舆 the eartli ； maukind ； the public. .
yil 寓 a dwelling ； to lodge.
寓居 to reside ； residence (at a place).
y'tl 愚 stupid ； simple minded ； "I;" "my."
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.'/'t 愚 民 the stupi.l people; the common people ； the
ignorant ； the masses.
愚 人 the common people.
愚見 I am of opinion ； luy liiiiuble view.
y'd 遇 to meet ； to happen ； happening ； whenever.
遇見 to meet (as a person in the street).
遇卡 to pass a Customs barrier.
遇 有缺出 、vlien a vacancy occurs.
大 霧 特 during foggy or thick weather.
遇 之 特 at the time when ； when the time
for has arrived.
yd ^ (interchanged with yil 論) to manifest ； to pro-
claim.
H'o 愈 to get the better of; to recover ； more ； the
more (as in the phrase " the more the better").
愈 愈 the more the more
愈 多愈好 the more the better.
愈 甚 still more ； mucli more.
yil 親 to desire ； to covet.
y d 諭 an order ； to order ； to proclaim ； a proclamation.
諭 JjC to proclaim ； a proclamation,
諭 令 to order.
諭 旨 an Imperial rescript.
諭 筋遂辦 to give orders for the guidance [of
those concerned].
諭知 to inform, by proclamation.
諭 止 to proclaim the stoppage of; to order a
.subordinate to discontinue a certain mode of
.action.
諭 阻 to decree prevention ； to interfere,
逾 (or 膨 f to exceed (as a limit) ； to pass over ；
逾過 ) beyond.
逾 to exceed a limit.
逾於 五年 to exceed five years ； more than five
years.
yit 虞 apprehension ； danger ； accident.
yii 餘 a surplus ； the remainder ； the remaining ones ；
profits in trade.
餘銀 a balance ； surplus money.
餘 財 surplus funds ； savings.
yii 羽 wings ； feathers ； wool.
羽 翼 wings ； helps ； to ajisist.
羽 扇 feather fhns.
羽 布 alpaca ； bunting.
羽 紗 English camlets ； crape, lit, woollen game'
羽 殺 Dutch camlets ； lastings.
y'" 羽 woollen lasUngs.
mm
(.rape Itistings.
羽 綱 imitation caiiilcts ； bombazettes.
V'f' 雨 rain.
雨 rain without end,
雨 遮 kittysols; umLrellas.
雨 傘 umbrellas.
y'i 語 words ； language ； statements.
yii 玉 j'lile; precious ； Imperial; "your."
玉 石 jadestone.
玉 器 jjidestoneware.
^ > a prison ； a jail.
称 to enrich ； abundance ； liberal.
称課 to benefit the revenue.
yii' 欲 to wish; about to; also ;i sign of the future
tense.
欲要 to w;mt to.
ytl 愁 to desire ； to covet.
yii 御 Imperial.
御 誉 an Imperial physician.
御 覽 the Einperor;s view ； for His Majesty's in-
siiection.
御 前 in the Imperial presence.
御 前大臣 a Grand Chamberlain.
御 擎 the Imperial Pencil; i.e., the Emperor's
endorsement.
御 擎批淮 to be sanctioned by the Emperor.
御 批 a reply from the Emperor.
御 'i 可 the Imperial Canul ； the Gran'l r，an:il.
yil 鎖 to oppose ； to stop.
yii 尉 to soothe ； to traiifiuilLse.
yil 育 to rear; to maintain ； to bear.
育嬰堂 a foundling hospital.
y'd 予 to give ； to bestow ； to grant.
予假 to grant leave.
予免稅 to gr;int exemption from duty ； to ixus
[goods] duty free.
予 I 盆 to confer a posthumous title.
予正法 to apply capital punishment.
予以 to fjrant (以 " introducing the object of tho
verb 予 yii).
yii 預 (or 豫) to prepare ； beforehand.
預據 to note a protest.
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yd 預爲錄 示 to prepare ami publish a list.
預 爲 詳 訂 to provide for a dear understanding.
預 爲 ff to calculate beforehand.
预 爲言明 to declare clearly beforehand.
預 行知會 to give official notice.
預定 to fix beforehand ； to settle (as by contract).
預 支 payments made beforehand ； advances.
預料 to foresee.
預 先 beforehand.
預先 愤辦 to keep ready (as documents for
issue).
預 備 to prepare.
yii to drive a horse ； to rule over.
yiian 原 original ； origin ； source ； really.
原 報 originally declared.
原 IT originally fixed upon ； drafted.
原 攝 ilk the site originally inspected ； the
original site.
原 1S、 originally sympathising.
原 所 以 杜 by ^vhich lueaDs it was originally
intended to prohibit
原 包 original packages.
原 貨 the original goods.
原 價 the origmal price ； the prime cost.
原 照 the ori^^inal certificate.
原 稿 an origmal copy ； a draft.
原 委 the original grievance ； the details of an
accusation.
原 本 original ； the original value ； origin ； root.
原 告 lie M'ho originally accuses ； the plaintiff.
原 布 plain cotton doth ； shirtings.
原色布 grey sliirtiugs ； imbleaclied and undyed
cotton piece goods.
原粗布 J^heetings.
原 細 斜 紋 布 jeans and twills.
原 由 circumstances ； particulars.
yiian 願 to wiiili ； to be willing.
願 望 to hope ； to de.'-ire.
願 從 to l.e willing.
yiian 怨 ill-will ； resentment ； hatred.
yUan 冤 to oppress ； injustice.
宽苦 a grievance ； an injustice.
宽枉 an injustice ； a grievance ； to accuse falsely ；
to Ul-use.
yiian 員 a classifier of officers ； an officer ； wrongly used
for JI (yiian), a dollar.
員 弁 officers (of low rank, both civil and military).
員 外 郞 Second Class Secretary of a Board.
yiian 圓 I'ounil ； a globe ； a ball ； a circle ； a round coin ；
圓 形 round.
圓 i a ball.
圓頂 a ball-shaped top (as a wicker ball on the
top of a beacon pole).
圓 徑 the diameter (of a circle).
圓 徑作 爲方徑 to convert round measure into
squ:ire measure (as of timber).
圓梁木 round beams ； beams other than square.
yiian 緣 as ； because ； cause ； origin ； circumstances.
緣敌 cause ； a reason.
綠 由 circumstances ； particulars.
綠 簿 a register.
y 'dan 遠 far.
遠 近 distance ； far and near.
遠 見 to see from afar.
違涉 to come from afar ； far-travelled.
yiiaii 元 the beginning ； the first ； No. i ； commonly used
for 圓 f yiian ), a dollar.
旦 New Year's day.
兀 年 the first year of a reign.
兀 寶 round ingot sycee.
y 'daii 院 a court ； a ball ； a college.
yiian 援 to assist ； to rescue ； to put forward ； to quote
l)y way of analogy ； to claim (as privileges granted
to others).
援救 to rescue.
棱弓 I to quote.
援 照 on the ground of (as a Treaty paragraph) ；
according to.
援 ftg 成案 according to precedent.
援免 to apply (an exceptional rule) to the exemp-
tion (of goods from payment of duty) ； to claim
exemption.
援 爲例 to quote [a fact] as a precedent so as
to constitute a rule.
y'tieh 月 the moon ； a mouth.
月滿膀 at full moon (".， wang 望).
月 1Q 生 at new moon (i.g., shuo 朔 )•
月： Ifl at the beginning of the month.
月底 at tlie end of the month.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
253
yiich
曰
to say ； says ； it is said.
yiieh
悅
to rejoice ； pleased ； delighted ； gladly.
悅
從 to gladly comply with.
yiich
閲
to inspect ； to peruse ； to read.
閲
看 to inspect ； to review.
閲
核 to inspect and examine.
yikh
越
to exceed ； to transgx'ess ； to encroach on.
m
All?
jfni to puss over ； to cross (iis ii I);u'ri6r).
M
to break out of prison.
u.
rtl A TlHil 111
yiieh
yo
}約
to agree ； an Agreement; a Treaty.
糸 5
與 ) to consult with ； to agree upon ;i matter
約
同 ( with.
糸 5
束 to restrain ； to keep in order ； to exercise a
pioper control over.
糸 5 圃 (。i '有 約國） a Treaty Power.
外 not iu the Treaty ； not provided for by the
Treaty. "
約 章 Treaty regulations.
$'j {\^ the paragraphs of a Treaty ； a Treaty ； an
Agreement.
yikh Ivwangtung and Kwangsi ； Cauton.
東 Kwangtung.
粤 西 Kwnngsi.
J^. 省 the Canton province.
•S' 海 關 the Cauton Customs.
海 關 部 official designation of the Haikwan
or HopiK) of Canton.
兽 南 An nam.
yiln 云 to say.
云 云 used in quotations when, for the sake of
brevity, the tenor of a document is either wholly
or partially omitted ； "etc., etc." Cf. tcng 等 因'
yiln 雲 ii cloud.
雲母石 t:ilc.
雲母穀 mother-of-pearl.
yun 雲母 iSJ 器 iii(>ther-of-pearl\V!ire.
雲 石 luailjle slabs ； marble.
雲 集 to jissomble in great numbers.
雲 南 the Yiiiiniin province.
— t 述 to transport.
遝來 to move inwanls ； brought from ； iiinini iod.
述 l£ fJirried outwards ； exported.
i 里 人 to transport into (the river or tlio interior).
運 出 to transport out of the interior.
運 JlJ to liiive imported ； to be consignee for.
jH 抵 to arrive (as goods at tlie place of <lestina-
linll).
運 回 to send back ； to remove.
運動 to move about ； t'l circulate (as goods in the
ciHintry).
運帶 to convey (us ;i boat conveys passengers).
運 照 a transit pass.
粮 to transport grain.
運粮船 a grain or rice junk.
運 河 the Grand Canal.
蓮 米執照 a special certificate for the transport
of rice.
運 貨之人 a person attending the transport of
goods.
運 脚 the cost of transporting goods ； freight.
運 臺）; m inspector of salt gabel ； :i Salt Commis-
運 司 j sioner.
yiiM 允 to n"'ree ； to promise ； to allow ； sincere ； what
is proper.
允定 it is agreed.
允 服 to agree to ； to be willing.
允 從 to agree with ； to permit ； to consent.
允 許 to promise.
允 准 to sanction ； to grant ； to consent.
允行 to give authority to.
允 當 just ； fair,
允 haviiioiiious; perfect ； eftective.
33
APPENDIX.
SELECTED TRANSLATIONS.
256
TEXT BOOK OF
APPENDIX.
SELECTED TRANSLATIONS.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo.
Now whereas the German merchants Shen-ch'en ha/ng [i.e., Messrs. Siemssen & Co.] report
that the British ship No. 18468, named Yangtsze, carries import cargo ―
Ficuls.
2
• • 3-24
4,8.6.0
0.3.0.1
2
• • 1.52
0.7.6.0
• • 1-35
I-3.S.O
，， Elephants' Teeth
• . 0.48
1.9.2.0
3
1.2.1.0
Total Import Duty . . •
. . EkTtB. 10.4.0. 1
The holder of this Memo, may proceed to the [Customs] Bank to liand in the amount in pure
sycee silver and take delivery of a Bank Receipt. This is hereby certified.
Issued on the 13th day of the 6th month of the 8tb year of Kuang Hst).
2.
Shanghai Customs Import [Duty] Bank Receipt.
Received from Messrs. Siemssen & Co. on the following goods [same as in above Duty
itfmo.], which have been reported as for the British ship No. 18468, named Yangtsze, the full
duty payable, ten taels four mace and one cash only.
This Bank, having weighed and received the amount of money as specified in the
Customs Duty Memo" duly issues this receipt, which the said merchants may deliver to the
Customs Authorities for examination. This is hereby certified.
Issued by the Shanghai Customs Bank on the 13th day of the 6th month of the 8th year.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
257
3.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo.
Now whereas the Chinese merchants Ghao-shang-chii [i.e., the China Merchants' Steam
Navigation Company] report that the Chinese 'ship, Shanghai Series, No. 4,283, named Kiamj-
piao, carries export cargo ―
'Jfs.nl.rx.
4 packages Chinaware, Fine
• • 3-64
3-2.7.6
3 ，
, Cotton, Raw
0.847
5 ，
， Dates, Black
• • 4.S4
0.7.2.6
2 ，
, Tobacco, Prepared
. . 1.65
0.7.4.2
4 ,
1.5.9.6
3 ，
， Curios, value Tb. 240 ....
I 2.0.0.0
6 ,
. . 4.68
0.1.6.4
Total Export Duty . .
. . . Tb.
I90-5.I
The bolder, etc. [as in Document No* 1, mutatis mutandis].
4.
Shanghai Customs Export [Duty] Bank Receipt.
Received from the C. M. S. N. Co. on the following goods [same as in above Duty Memo.],
which have been reported as for the [Chinese] ship, Shanghai Series, No. 4,283, named Kiang-
piao, the full duty payable, nineteen taels three mace five candareens and one cash.
This Bank, etc. [as in Document No. 2, mutatis mutandis].
258
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5.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo, for Coast Trade Duty.*
Now whereas the American merchants Cki-ch'ang hang [i.e., Messrs. Russell & Co.],
[on account of ship] Registered No. 10,213, report [their] having brought from the port of
Foochow the following goods, being Native produce, viz. : ―
Piculs. 7h:m.c.c.
4 packages Olives 3.42 0.3.0.8
5 ，， Oranges (value, Tts. 5.2.0.0) .... 4.32 0.1.3.0
3 ，， Indigo, Liquid 3.60 0.3.2.4
2 ，， Lung-ngans, Dried 1.54 0.1.9.3
I ，， Lotus Seed 1.20 0.3.0.0
4 ，， Dates, Red 4.65 0.2.0.9
Total Coast Trade Duty Payable . Tts. 1.4,6.3
The holder, etc. [as in Document No. 1].
Lit., half duty for Native produce again moved for import.
6.
Shanghai Customs Bank Receipt for Coast Trade Duty collected.
Received from the American merchants Messrs. Russell & Co" [on account of ship]
Registered No. 10,213, on goods, being Native produce, imported, viz., [same as in above Duty
Memo.] the Coast Trade Duty payable, one tael four mace six candareens and three cash.
This Bank, etc. [as in Document No.
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
259
7.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo, issued for Coast Trade Duty on Native Goods
carried into the Yangtze River.
Now whereas the British merchants T'ai-ku hang [i.e., Messrs. Butterfield & S、v】itE],
[on account of ship] Registered No. 23,684, report [their] carrying into the Yangtze Rivi r tin'
following Native goods, viz. ： ―
Ficuh. 'ykm,c.c.
2 packages Ground-nuts 1.S4 0.0.9.2
1 ，， Glassware 0.86 0.2.1.5
4 ，， Hams 2.38 0.6.5.4
2 " Lead, Red 1.92 0.3.3.6
5 " Iron, Manufactured 4.28 0.2.6.7
6 ，， Sugar, White 3.52 0.3.5.2
Total Half Duty payable for rc-ini])orta- )
tion at Kiukiang, over and above tlie [- 7/s. 1.9. 1.6
full Export Duty to be charged . . j —- ― —— -
The holder, etc. [as in Document No. 1\
8.
Shanghai Customs Bank Receipt for Coast Trade Duty collected on Native Goods
carried into the Yangtze River.
Received from the British merchants Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, [on account of ship]
Registered No. 23,684, on Native goods carried into the Yangtze River, viz., [same as in above
Duty Memo,'] the Coast Trade Duty for re-importation at Kiukiani^, payable over and above the
full Export Duty to be charged, viz., one tael nine mace one candareen and six cash. .
This Bank, etc. [as in Document No,
260
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9.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo, for Goods under Transit.
Now whereas the British merchants I-ho hang [i.e., Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, & Co.]
report [their] sending to the interior [the following] goods, viz. ：—
Pieces.
Thm.c.c.
Shirtings, Grey .
0.6,0,0
T-Cloths, 34 ins.
0.8.4.0
，， 34 ins.
• • • 23
0.4.6.0
Drills, 30 ins. x
• -… 25
0.9.3.7
Shirtings, Dyed
• • • 24
1.8.0,0
4.0.0.0
0.7.7.0
Total Dues ....
Tb.
9.4.0.7
The holder, etc. [as in Document No. 1\
10.
Shanghai Customs Bank Receipt for Goods under Transit Inwards.
Received' from the British merchants Messrs. Jardine, AIatheson, & Co.， for [goods]
sent to the interior, viz., [same as in above Duty Memo.] the duty payable, nine taels four
candareens and seven cash.
This* Bank, etc. [as in Document No. 2\
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
2C1
11.
Shanghai Customs Duty Memo, for Goods under Transit.
No"- whereas the British merchants I -ho hang [i.e., Messrs. Jardine, Matueson, & Co.]
report [their] transporting from the interior [the following] goods, viz. ： ―
Picuh. Ihm.cx.
Silk, Fine Eaw 4.80 24.0.0.0
，， Refuse 2.60 1.3.0.0
，， Cocoons 1.40 2.1.0.0
Lily Flowers, Dried 31.00 4.1.8.5
Total Dues TU. 31.5.8.5
The holder, etc. [as in Domment No, 1].
12.
Shanghai Customs Bank Receipt for Goods under Transit Outwards.
Received from the British merchants Messrs. Jardine, Matueson, & Co" for [goods]
transported from the interior, viz., [same as in above Duty Memo.'] the duty payable, thirty-one
taels five mace eight cauclareens and five cash.
This Bank, etc. [as in Document No.
34
262
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13.
Quarterly Revenue Return.
Haxkow CrsTOMs: 87th or December Quarter, 1882,
1. Import
2. Export
3. Coast Trade
4. Opium
Duties.,
： Foreign and Native Drug, C'l-ude and Prepared : ―
Import
Export
Coast Trade
Foreign Flags.
Native Flag.
Hk.Tk.m.c.c.
Nil
3,469.3.5.0
Nil
HJc.Thm.c.c.
mi.
3,677.7-0.0
Nil,
Total amounts collected ou Native
Drug, included in above, are : ―
3,469.3.5.0
3,677.7.0.0
Total.
5. Tonnage Dues
6. Yangtze River Steamer Coast Trade Duty Deposits :
Deposited ist January to date. .
Refunded ,， ，, ♦,
FoEEioN Flags.
Native Flag.
Hlc.Thmxx.
91,036.0.5.8
64,326.4.0.3
g 0 CO
。' CO
Balance on 31st December.
Total Foreign Flag Collection.
，， Native ,， ，， .
7. Transit Dues: ―
Inwards, Hk.Th 24,487.0.1.6 )
Outwards, 2,206.1.3.1 )
Total Collection : Foreign, Native, and Transit
Foreign Flags.
Native Flag.
Hk.7h.m.c.c.
21.0.7.0
147,528.9.3.1
1,885.6.8.3
HJc.fb.m.c.c.
Nil
84,125.2.1.8
76.3.2.6
3469.3.5.0
3,677.7.0.0
797-3-0.3
275.2.0.0
26,709.6.5.5
24,1 14.8.2.7
.Tis.m.c.c.
180.411.9.9.2
1 12.269.2.7. 1
26,693.1.4.7
3i9,374.4-i-0
* Drawbacks marked for cash payment during quarter, to be deducted ) ttt. ^
from total collection f 且化 '拖
MODERX DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
2G3
8- Native Flag : Special Exemption Account:—
Government Gmiu carried ： 140 catty shih XU. )
Merchandise exempted from duty : 120 catty shih • ,Vi7 >
Amount of duty remitted: Uk/Ik A'i7. J
Chinese version prepared by
T. W. L,,
Dcjmty Commissioner.
Submitted by
P. S. C"
Commissioner.
Hankow Custom House, Sth January 1SS3.
Forwarded iu Despatch No. i.
Examined and passed.
T.,
Commissioner- [Statistical Secretary].
Forwarded [to Inspector General] in Despatch, No.
Submitted [to Tsungli Yamen] by the Inspector General H. T. on [date\.
14.
Canton Customs (Export) Cargo Certificate.
Ch'ung, by His Imperial Majesty's commands Superintendent of Customs [Haikwan or
Hoppo] at Canton, issues [tlie following] Export Cargo Certificate.
Whereas the British merchant ship No. 1 8 1 has reported for examination and exportation
to Shanghai [the under-mentioned goods], this Cargo Certificate is duly issued foi' the Foreign
and Native goods which are contained iu the said ship, in order that it may be taken to the
Customs at Shanghai and presented for examination. A necessary Cargo Certificate.
No. of
Applica-
tion.
Shippers.
Goods.
Packages.
(Pieces, etc.).
Value.
Document
granted.
Government Paymaster
Sse Mei
1 Luggage
Coffin and Corpse
41 -
22
M
I
I
I
Tads.
122,300
Free.
264
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Tlic remaining goods not enumerated in this Certificate have been entered in due order
on the special Certificates herewith enclosed, viz., 25 Exemption Certificates, 12 Duty Paid Certi-
ficates, and 23 Full Duty Proofs, [for which reason] a detailed description of goods and number
of packages need not be repeated in this Cargo Certificate. The above is duly stated.
[Date.]
15.
Tientsin [Foreign] Customs (Export) Cargo Certificate.
The Superintendent of the Tientsin Foreign and Native Custom Houses, in charge of
Foreign trade matters in the province of Chihli and Taot/ai with Coast Defence and Military
Authority, issues [the following] Export Cargo Certificate.
AVhereas the Chinese mercliant ship No. 94 has reported for examination and exportation
to Shanghai [the under-mentioned goods], this Cargo Certificate is duly issued for the Foreign
and Native goods which are contained in tlie said ship, in order that it may be taken to the
Customs at Shanghai and presented for examination. A necessary Cargo Certificate.
Weight
(Pieces, etc.).
Value.
Document
granted.
m
Free.
Ph. o.37i
To pay.
Free.
Pes, 1,000
No. of
Applica-
tion.
33
SniprERS.
China Merchants' Steam
Navigation Company's
3\Ianager
Wan SnuN
Kao Lin
Pao Ch'ang
Kao Lin
Goods.
I nice Bags
I Coffins with Corpses....
ChHng-lieu [Dye-stuff']
Empty Bottles
Hemp Bags ,
Empty Bottles
Packages.
18
The remaining goods not enumerated in this Certificate have been entered in due order
on the special Certificates herewitli enclosed, viz., i Exemption Certificate, 27 Duty Paid Certi-
ficates, and 5 Full Duty Proofs, [for which reason] a detailed description of goods and number
of packages need not be repeated in this Cargo Certificate. The above is duly stated.
[Date.]
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
265
16.
Value of the Trade carried on between the Chinese Treaty Ports and each
of the Foreign Countries.
COUNTRY.
Great Britain : ―
Imports from .
Exports to
Hongkong (including Trade
with Foreign Countries vid
Hongkong) : ―
Imports from
Exports to
India : ―
Imports from.
Exports to
Singapore and Straits
Settlements) : ―
Imports from ,
Exports to
(British
1882.
18,755,582
22,309,071
29,063,006
16,487,573
18,264,372
477,114
Australia (British Colony) :
Imports from
Exx)orts to
New Zealand (Britisli Colony
to the east of Australia) : ―
Imports from
Exports to
South Africa. (Cape of Good
Hope, British Colony) : ―
Imports from
Exports to
Canada (British Colony adjo
iug and to the north of the
United States) :—
Imports from
Exports to
America (United States) :-
Imports from
Exports to
South America : ―
Imports from . ,
Exports to
Eu
ope (Great Britain and Rus
a excepted) : ―
Imports from
Exports to
1,565087
1,027,730
530,072
2,044,967
177,924
111,246
218,779
57,946
3,276,728
8,420,130
2,484,429
8,751.847
Total,
41,064,653
45，55o，579
18,741,486
177,924
111,246
276,725
1,696,858
COUNTRY.
Russia (by sea) : ―
Imports from .
Exports to
Russia (overland from Tientsin
vid Kiakhta) : 一
Imports from
Exports to
11,236,276
Russia (north of Tniiien River
[Kussian Manchuria] ) : ―
Import's from
Exports to
Japan : ―
Imports from •
Exports to
Philippine Islands :
Imports from..
Exports to
Annain : ―
Imports from ,
Exports to
Siam : ―
Imports from .
Exports to
Java (Netherlands* Colony) :
Imports from
Exports to
Egypt (Arabia, etc.) :
Imports from ....
Exports to
Sandwich L^lands :
Imports from ,
Exports to....
Total Imports
Less Re-exports to Foreign
Countries
Total
Net Imports...
Exports
1882.
9， 1 27
946,324
3,286,345
152,034
568,767
4,442,241
1,766,858
18,891
249449
487,002
65,472
197,416
267,534
38,808
266,007
369
54,542
79,504,243
1,789,015
Total,
Hk.TU
955451
3,286,345
720,801
6,209,099
268,340
552,474
464,950
304,815
54,911
77，7i5，228
67,336,846
145,052,074
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17.
Special Section : Articles of Trade.
I.— Import (Net, i.e., deducting He-exports abroad) at the Chinese Treaty Ports
of Foreign Goods [from Foreign Countries].
Classifier
1882.
Description of Goods.
of
Quantity.
Quantity.
Value.
Opium : ―
m.Tts.
29,335-38
4-
5)957)9' 5
15,017.17
r \ r\r\ Tiff
5)499) 1 10
5，977-3i
2,199,017
r\ m
-L Zt (ttO
65,709.60
20,740,297
Cotton Goods : ―
Pieces
5,270,875
7,013,938
，， White, Plain
，，
1,608,191
2,731,831
，， ，， Figured, Brocaded, Spotted, etc
3,977
6,839
„
100,949
0 r\ V ' ^'？ C\
，，
63,257
134,508
V 74,383
2, 140,05 I
903,411
-)Oi7)9^7
869,078
2,048,462
242,040
406,335
223,443
252,510
380,273
446,025
6,990
24,903
197,294
39,116
2Q,o59
n，，
240,265
89,661
JPicC6S
220,696
453)851
Pi) p'il 1 Q
丄 t/V tCto
184,939-97
4，505，39i
Cotton Goods, Total
y alUG
Woollen Goods : ―
Pieces
39
53S
Pairs
20,288
t;8.dI7
Pieces
298
1,218
Bunting
866
3,545
112,599
994,908
ij004
16,582
5
50
33,607
682,214
64,001
551,170
22,049
617,372
11,128
90,414
85,014
629,918
2,339
11,731
21
126
101,413
476,933
Lustres and Orleans, Plain and Figured
81,872
201,040
21,970
160,087
Woollen Goods, Total
Value
4,496,263
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
267
Description of Goods.
Clussificr
of
Quantity.
1882.
Quantity.
Value.
Miscellaneous Piece Goods :-
Woollen :ind Cotton Mixtures.
Cotton and Silk Mixtures...*..,
Linen Goods
Canvas
Miscellaneous Piece Goods, Total.
Metals : ―
Copper, Bar and Rod
，， Sheet and Nails
，， Old
,， Ore and Unmanufactured
，， Wire
" Manufactured and Ware, Uncla.ssed
Iron, Nail-rod
，， Bar
，, Hoop
，， Wire
，， Pig and Kentledge
，, Ware and Manufactured, Unclassed
，， Unmanufactured, Uaclassed
Lead, in Pigs
，， in Sheets
Quicksilver
Spelter [and Zinc]
Steel
Tin, in Slabs
Tin plates
Metals, Manufactured, Unchissed, as Hteelware, Brassware, 1
Tinware, Cutlery f
Metals, Total .
Sundries :
Sugar, Brown
，， mite
Betel-nuts
Birds' Nests
Bicho de Mar
Cloves, of all kinds
Coal
Cotton, Raw
Fish, Dried and Salt
Flint Stones
Ginseng, of all kinds
Grain and Pulse
Indi*;o, Dried and Liquid
Isiiiubiss
iMjitohes
M:m<j;i'ove Bark
Needles
Oil, of all kinds
Paints
Pepper, Black and White .
Rattans ,
Pieces
FicuU
Pieces
Bolts
Value
Fields
Toils
Fields
Gross
Pic ills
Milk
Value
Piculs
10,669
15.30
33,288
5,859
尸! 'nt^s
9,648.48
144,727
T 1,325.92
180,378
433
1,12^.05
17,025
290.23
7,244
986. 1 1
226,646.75
398,5 '3
71,016.21
142,383
7,770.17
17,181
15,977.32
64,220
9,574-58
9,578
97,506.29
236,389
318,132.27
415,807
248,856.21
986,261
3,652.32
23,741
小 230.50
20,101
23,6o6.i 1
73,553
1,439.681
5,242.19
21,572
Value
392,806
Value
4700,533
25,953-17
15,015.07
Si 6.94
26,179.92
6,350.82
253,099
178,478.37
82,108.85
77,46 小 77
4,73>-47
7,036.47
5.879-48
1,904,629
97.694.S4
^853,637
8,560.03
37,691.57
46,173-30
m.7h
55,323
197,824
32,208
286,885
187,392
182,138
75,994
635,055
180,537
1,219,685
1,916,734
490,094
29,099
763,065
28,431
852,596
88,266
285,682
963,657
57,185
297,882
150.490
268
TEXT BOOK OF
Description of Goods.
Classifier
of
Quantity.
ScNDRiFS ― continued: ―
Rice
Seaweed and Agar-agar
Sandalwood
Sapaiiwood
Wood, Hard and Fra^'rant, of all kiiuls ...
Shell-fish, Awabi, Shrimps, etc
Silk, Raw, Japan
，， Piece Goods
Tea, Japan
Timber, of all kinds
■\Vnx, Veg'ehible, ami Tallow, of all Iduds
AVinilow Glass
Sundries, Unenumerated
Sundries, Total ...
Graxd Total
Fields
Value
Fields
Valve
Piculs
Boxes
Value
Value
Value
1882.
Quantity.
233,149.49
400,106.27
103,302.26
163,483.28
48,545-66
54.65
12,89
17,574-39
134.16
43,928
Value.
HJc.Th
288,002
1,344,159
612,217
373,685
221,366
476,577
5,448
6,725
87,095
974， 1 42
2,65s
96,563
5.227,777
18,778,466
77,715,228
18,
Export of Native Goods to Foreign Countries.
Description of Goods.
Classifier
of
Quantity.
1882.
Quantity.
Value.
Silk, Raw and Tbro'wn
，， Refuse
„ Coarse and Wild
，， Cocoons
，， Piece Goods
" Thread, Sashes, etc. [Silk Manufactured Goods, Uuclassed]
Silkwonns' Eggs
Tea, Black
,， Green
，， Brick
，， Dust
Bags, of all kinds
Bamboo, of all kinds, and Ware
Beans and Be an cake
Cassia Lignea
Camphor
Chinaware, Earthenware, and Pottery
Coal
Clothing, Boots and Shoes [Chinese]
Cotton, Raw
,, Seed
,， Waste
Piculs
Pieces
Value
Piculs
Value
Piculs
60,41974
28,65777
4,089.38
3M7
6,598.26
2j7oi.73
0.19
,61 1,916.82
178,839.52
219,026.60
7,367.90
697,895
179427-30
58,170.61
5,162.02
98,243.98
10,436.50
41,690.09
3.51
689.62
Hlc.Tts.
16,989,881
1,356,826
207,523
3,396,374
48
25,878,238
4,090,900
59,105
22,751
107,282
184,591
271,566
42,466
471,388
1,204
388,75s
404,405
41
830
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
269
Descrtptiox of Goods.
Classifier
of
Quantity.
1882.
Quantity.
Value.
Curios
Dyes, Colours, and Paints.
Fans, of all kinds
Fish, ，， ，，
Fire -crackers
Flour
Value
Pictds
Pieces
Picids
Fruits, of all kinds
Fungus
Grain and Pulse
Glassware, of all kinds
Grasscloth
Hair, of nil kinds
Hemp and Cordage -
Hides, of all kinds 、
Hoofy, ，， ，，
Horns, ,， ，，
Indigo, Dried and Liquid ,
Lung-ngans
Mats ami ISIatting
Medicines
Metals, Manufactured, as Copperware, Ironware, Tinware, and
Pewterware
Metals, Unmanufactured
Musk
Kankeens
Nutgalls
Oil, of all kinds
Paper, Books, Tin-f"il, Brass-foil.
Preserves
Val ue
Piculs
Pieces
Piculs
Provisions
Rattans imd Eattauware.
Rhubarb
Safflower
Skius, of all kinds
Straw Craid
Sugar, "White
" Brown
，， Gaudy
Tobacco, Leaf and Prepared, of all kinds ,
Vermicelli and Macaroni
Wax
Pieces
Fields
Wool
Sundries, Unenumerated .
Total.,
Vahie
Value
198.77
:，57i，5'2
9,699-41
40,616.81
23,32^-47
109,962.57
27.37
18,819.53
12,171.80
1,685.53
7,244.19
24,824.51
97.97
1,872.62
12,066.34
498,078
34,082,13
14,251.52
2.68
20.24
2,602
8,803.70
57,853.55
19.905-97
95,940.56
； 3，9I2.2【
6,861.31
1,267.68
573,321
55,498.26
757,125.42
29,926.40
7,003.56
44,829.40
72.71
22,755-39
37,238
873
25,780
9 1 ,90 1
376,863
36,103
614
19,735
234,761
】 44,679
109,129
192,026
386,14s
345
6o,84o[*]
7,382
55o94
486,365
207,050
133,066
19
162,414
110,213
87,179
74,284
623,432
158,965
78,499
17,739
183,699
73，oi3
471,94s
1,498,596
1,099,711
I,S2 1,993
181,673
S"563
167,173
1,420,001
67,33^:846
r lu the Chinese text (Vol. I, p. 30, col. 8), " 90,840" appears wrongly for "60,840."]
35
270
TEXT BOOK OF
19.
Number and Tonnage of Vessels Entered and Cleared at the Chinese Treaty Ports.
FLAG.
No.
丄 00^*
Tons.
14,337
10,814,779
762
167,801
1,864
882,856
192
172,381
38
25,226
270
126,003
320
61,123
124
70,245
82
74,751
T f O 1 1 1
1,762 '
250
194,584
56
22,636
5,105
4,667-753
108,216
736
Total
24,729
17,388,852
The Shipping has been divided between Steamers and Sailing Vessels in the following
proportions : ―
Year.
Steamers
euteietl and cleared.
f^ATLiNG Vessels
(includiiifi; Chinese type
[i.e., Junks])
entered and cleared.
Total
eutered and cleared.
No.
Tons.
No.
Tons.
No.
Tons.
1880
17,300
5,670
1,301,634
二, 970
15.874,352
1881
18,170
15,350,954
1,289,324
16,640,278
1882.
19,607
16,102,574
5jI22
1,286,278
24,729
17088,852
MODERX DOCUMENTAKY CHINESE.
271
20.
Customs.
Account of Receipts and Payments under the four Heads ： 丄 (Office Expenditure), C. (Tonnage
])Lies)， B. (Fines and Confiscations), and D. (Separate Items) for the 89th or December
Quarter (ist October to 31st December) 1882.
[A.] Office Expenditure,
[".] Receipts ：— IR.TtB.
1. Balance taken over from last Quarter's Account . . 5,267.28
2. Office Expenditure [Customs Allowance] for current
Quarter, from Superintendent 40,000.00
3. Supplementary Grant from Inspector General . . . Nil.
[h.] Payments ： ―
I. Balance due on last Quarter's Account Nil.
2: Salaries, Foreigners and Natives 31,747.94
3. Transport 815.33
4. Rent 2,764.62
5. Houses ： Construction and Purcliase ； Maintenance in
Repair 503.86
6. Ships, Boats, etc.: Construction and Purchase ； Main-
tenance in Repair 148.1 1
7. Coast (Sea and Kiver) Guard Expenses 742.90
8. Ordinary Miscellaneous [i.e., Expenses made on stand-
ing authority] 2,867.17
9. Extraordinary ： special Expenses for which special
authority has been applied for and granted . . . 1,537.17
10. Loss by Exchange Nil.
11. Remittances to Inspector General's Account .... Nil.
[c] Balance [to be accounted for] ： ―
Receipts as per above Account 45,267.28
Payments ，, ，， 41,127.10
Balance
HkTb. 4,140.18
TKXT BOOK OF
[C] Tonnage Dues.
[".] Receipts ：— HLTU.
1. Iklance taken over from last Quarter's Account . • 20,433.75
2. Tonnage Dues ： /^-ths [of Collection], from Superin-
tendent, for current Quarter 17,810.00
3. Special Grant from Superintendent for current
Quarter Nil.
4. Supplementary Grant from Inspector General . . . Nil.
[h.] Payments ： ―
1. Balance due ou last Quarter's Account NiL
2. Salaries, Foreigners and Natives 6,103.89
3. Transport 104.27
4. Rent 698.26
5. Plant (Lights, Buoys, and Beacons): Construction and
Purchase ； Maintenance in Repair 747.72
6. Property (Houses and Boats) ： Construction and Pur-
chase ； Maintenance in Repair 202.35
7. Works (all classes of work undertaken on special
authority) 100.62
8. Ordinary Miscellaneous [i.e., Expenses made on stand-
ing authority] 1,145.57
9. Exti'aoi'dinaiy : special Expenses for wliicli special
authority has been applied for and granted . . . 1,200.00
10. Loss by Exchange J^H,
11. Remittances to Inspector General's Account , . . , Nil.
[(?.] Balance [to be accounted for] ： ―
Receipts as per above Account 38,243.75
Payments ,， ，， 10,302.68
Balance
HkTtB, 27,941.07
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CIITNESK. 273
[B.] Fines and Confiscations.
[仏〗 Receipts ：— nkfm
1. Balance taken over from last Quarter's Account . . . 1,285.60
2. Fines levied daring current Quarter 100.00
3. Proceeds from sale of Confiscated Goods 911 .80
4. Supplementary Grant from Inspector General . . . N'd.
[6.] Payments ： ―
1. Balance due on last Quarters Account yn,
2. Ordinary miscellaneous Expenses of Seizures . . . 171.73
3. Remitted to Tsungli Yamen, y^tlis of net proceeds • • 1:52.02
4. Remitted to Superintendent, lis of net proceeds . 252.02
5. Special Payments, for winch authority has been applied
for and granted, made from ^ths of net proceeds to
be remitted to Iiispeclyr General N'tf .
6. Loss by Exchange Nil.
7. Remittances to Inspector General's Account .... 1,285.60
[c] Balance [to be accounted for] ： ―
Receipts as per above Account 2,29740
Payments '， ，， 1,961.37
Balance Hl\Tb. 336.03
[D.] Separate Items [Fees and Special Moneys].
[ft.] Receipts ： ~ - Hh.Tb.
1. Balance taken over from last Quarter's Account . . . 3,629.50
2. Moneys appropriated by order of Tsungli Yamen . . Nil.
3. Fees for Chinese Ships' Registers 300.00
4. Fees for Junks' Sailing Letters 100.00
5. Pilotage Account Moneys 420.70
6. Emigration Account Moneys Nil.
7. Special Permit Moneys 2,500.00
8. Proceeds of sale of Customs Publications 1,027,00
9. Salvage and Charter Account Moneys NiL
10. Interest on Bank Deposits 236.80
i I. Fines levied on Staflf for breach of Rules 2.75
12. Moneys of all descriptions, not provided for [？ >.， im-
classed] IS42
13. Recoveries from the four Accounts A, B, C, and D • Nil.
14. Supplementary Grant from Inspector General . , • Nil.
274
TEXT BOOK OF
[L] Payments ：— HkTU.
1. Balance due on last Quarter's Account 腿'
2. Payments made from Moneys appropriated by order of
Tsungli Yamen 皿
3. Tsungli Yameii's share, J-rd of Fees for Chinese Ships'
Registers , . . . , loo.oo
4. Superintendent's share, ^rd of Fees for Chinese Ships'
Registers, and ^Vths of Fees for Junks' Sailing Letters i So.oo
5. Pilotage Service Account Moneys Nil.
6. Emigration Account Moneys Nil.
7. Salvage and Charter Account Moneys Nil.
8. Unclassecl Payments • . . . . Nil.
9. Disbursements supplementary to Accounts A, C, and B Nil.
10. Remittances to Inspector General's Account .... 3,629.05
[c] Balance [to bo accounted for] : ―
Keceipts as per above Account 8,232.17
Payments ，， „ 3,879.05
Balance ^^^.2^5.4,353.12
Chinese version prepared by
C. D.，
First Class Assistant.
Approved and certified correct,
A. B.，
Commissioner.
Custom House, ^rd February 1883.
Forwarded in Despatch No. 8.
Examined and passed by
Submitted [to Tsungli Yamen] by the Inspector General ff. T, on [date].
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
275
21.
Quarterly Confiscation Report.
Shanghai Customs: 87th or June Quarter, 1SS2.
I. Old Cases settled ： Or cases remaining over from preceding, and settled during tliis
Quarter; in all, i case.
11. New Cases : Or cases occurring during the Quarter ； in all [settled and unsettled],
20 cases.
III. Outstanding Cases ： Or cases still unsettled [and to be dealt with liereafter] ； in all, old
and new, i case.
Case
No.
Date
and Place
of
Offence
or
Seizure.
Name of
Offender : Hong,
ludivulual,
ur Vessel;
and
Nationality.
Denomination
aud
Quantity of Goods.
OITcncc coiiiniitted
or
Kulc broken.
Decision;
Pate
aud Nature.
Amount
of
Fine.
Amount
rcalincd
by linli*
of Go<mU
con-
nscatcU.
745
I.— Old
1882.
March 15 [^ ],
Customs
Jetty.
Cases Settlei
British firm, foi-
Chinese.
),
Application st.iteil : —
[Medicine] Ch'uau-cli'iaugpls. 9.12
Exaininatiuu proved ； ―
[Medicine] Cli'uau-ch'iang " 5.48
False ilnclnrfti ion of
quantity of ro- expo lis
for drawlmck.
29 April. Fined..
llk.lU.
10.00
751
752
753
754
755
IL— Nev
1882.
April 3,
Customs
Jetty.
April 3，
Customs
Jetty,
April 1 4,
Examina-
tion Shed.
April 25，
Examina-
tion Shed.
April 27,
British s. s.
Pckin.
J Cases.
Chen Hsins, Chi-
nese firm.
British, firm, for
Chinese.
Ming Chi, Chinese
mercliaut.
Tung Li, Chinese
merchant.
Cli'ien Tiian, Chi-
nese merchant.
Application stated : ~
Examination proved : ―
Application stated : ―
American Ginseng, Crude. pis. x.70
Examination proved : ~ -
Americau Ginseng, Clarified " x.93
Application stated : ―
Examination proved value
Application stated ：一 -
Value 'Iti. 553
Examination proved value
Application stitfid : ―
Cargo certific.'tte stated. ..." e. 1 1
False declaration of
quantity of iiiiports.
False declaration of
quantity and quHlity
of imports.
False declaration of
value of exports.
Quantity of imports nol
in agreement witli
Haukow cargo certi-
ficate.
4 April. Fiupd
Gve times duty
on flifTfTPiiCR
short declared.
10 April. Fined
15 April. Fined
ten tinier full
dutyoiuUfTcrcncti
short (li'clarc<l.
27 April. Roil gilt
by Citstuins .it
owner's v.il na-
tion, 'lU 553,
plus 20 percent.;
in nil. 771 663.
Hesolil to bill!
for 3tA 857.
29 April. Fined
live times full
and linlf duty on
total "uport.
114.34
15.00
6.68
"■93
194.00
[* In the Chinese text (Vol. I, p. 45, col. 8), 正 月 should lie rend for Jj^ 月]'
276
TEXT BOOK OF
Case
No.
Date
and yiaco
of
OfTonee
or
Seizure.
Naiiio of
Otlender : Houg,
Individual,
or Vessel *,
and
Nationality.
7S6
May 1,
Chinese s.s.
HuMiifiteH.
China Merchants*
Stciu" Navigation
Company, for
Cliiuese.
757
Hay s,
British s.s.
Is'estor.
Ho Cli'ang, Chi-
nese merchant.
758
May 6,
Chinese s.s.
Chang Yuan-fu,
Chinese passuu-
ger.
759
May 15，
Rci;istered
Ningpo boat
No. 70.
T'ung Sliui-cliili,
Chinese, and Chi-
nese master of
boat.
760
May 20,
ou the
Ch'ang Sliun-i,
Chinese merubaut.
761
May 25,
British s.s.
Kiungdtow.
Chinese crew of
vessel.
762
May 27,
Jetty.
Cbou Ting, owner
763
May 31.
Chiua Sler-
ch ants'
Steam Na-
vigation
Company's
s.s. Kiang-
Chinese passenger,
name unknown.
764
June 3,
China Mer-
chants'
Steam Na-
vigation
Company's
s.s. KUiiig-
teen.
T'ung T'ai, Clii-
nese bankers.
765
June 9
rOffice].
T'ai Ch'ang, Chi-
nese iirm.
766
June 12,
Danish s.s.
Activ,
Chinese assistant
comprador on
board.
Deuo mi nation
and
Quiiutity uf Goods.
Application stated : 一
Satin pis. 0.42— a re
Examination proved : ―
Silk Piece Goods pis. 0.42— an
shipniput.
LUDg-iiguns pis.
Applied for and examined : ―
Nankeens pls.
Shipped : ―
Nankeens ， ，
Examined and shipped : ―
lo cases Japan Ginseng,
2nd Quality pis.
Substituted ou board : ―
lo bales Ginseng Beard ...pis.
Ginseng, Covean pis.
Cartridges pes.
GuDpowder boie
export,
original
0.64
Spurious Cash pis.
Copper Cash 350,000
Weising Lottery Tickets pes.
,.pls. 900
Offence committed
or
Rule broken.
Declaring an export
be a duty-paid r
I' X port.
Shipping clandestinely
Siilisl itutiiig upon ship'
iiient other guotls tliao
those examined.
Uiiiuiihovisei;] substitu-
tion of goods at
shiiniient.
Removing examined
'■xi'tnU Ltj ijiciL-haiify
gnduu'us instead of to
re-exportiug vessel,
with view to substitu-
tion of other goods
Concealing coutraband
imports on board
vessel.
Employing two cargo-
Tuo.ats the licenses
which had been c;
celled.
Concealing contraband
imports in luggage.
Importing clandestinely
gnuds covered, by
special regulations.
Fraudulently altering
ainnmit stated in
certificate issued by
Hankow Supermtend-
ent from pla. 300
pis. 900.
Landing a specially
prohibited article
clandestinely, anc
offering a bribe t(
officer on duty of $15.
Decision:
Date
and Nature.
Coiifib-
cated.
Amount
realised
by sale
of Goods
con-
fiscated.
148.64
5 May. Fined,
Goods spoilt
whilst awaiting
payment of fine.
15 May. Confis-
cated.
23 May. Ginseng
and Ginseng Beard
confiscated. Boat
master fined.
25 Maj-. Confls-i
eatiid. Kesold to
owner.
IS June. Confis-
cated. Gun-
powder sent to
SiiperiBtendeut.
250 Cartridges
bought and
retained foi
Customs use ；
remainder sold iu
Houglvong.
isettle'
(Uusettled)..
[ Juue. Confis
cated. Melted
down and sold.
Confis-
15 June. Fined.
13 June. Dollars
and Lottery
Tickets confis-
cated, the latter
handed to Super-
intendent for
destruction.
185.00
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
277
Case
No.
Date
and Place
of
Oflence
or
Seizure.
Name of
Offender: Hong,
Individual,
or Vessel;
and
Nation ttlity.
Denomination
aud
Quantity of Goods.
0 (fence coiiimittod
or
Kulo broken.
DccUioD:
Diito
ami Nalurt'.
Aiuount
«f
Flue.
Auiouiit
liy Hal"
uf Uouds
con-
fUcJitod.
- -
―
Uk.Tti.
Jlk.Ttt
767
June 19,
Master of vessel,
aumlry p;ickage.s cnuUiiiiiiig (lyiiamitc...
Discliargiug outsiclu of
36 June.
Fiuotl..
as. 00
British s.s.
British.
Harbour limits and
Hanln-ick.
before receipt of per-
mit.
768
June 19,
Chinese lioatwo-
Boaiiling steamer
20 June.
Fined.
1. 00
3. 00
alongside
11) eu.
previous to its an-
Sampan
eonOs-
British s.s.
L'lioriug.
citteii.
PaJchoi.
769
June 26,
Cliiuese, name un-
Concealing tlutiahle im-
29 Jane.
Confls-
10.00
British s.s.
knowu, carrier
porta in letter-bag.
cated.
Goodn
Pekin.
of Hsiph Hsing
sold tc
Post
Ch'iuig Post
OIHce at
uoininal
Office.
value.
770
June 28,
Chinese servants
Concealiug contraband
30 June.
Confls-
1 1.00
British s.s.
of vessel.
imports on boavU
cated.
Sold
Hankoic,
vessel.
through
intenden
Super-
t.
III. ― OutstanuinTt Cases.
I 87th ^ '
762 ~ Quarter.
' June
Chinese version prepared by
C. D.，
Acting Deputy (Commissioner [General Office].
Submitted by
A. B.,
Commissioner.
SiL^'GHAi Custom House, 15th July 1S82.
Forwarded in Despatch No. 1 56.
Copies compared and passed.
[Chinese Secretary. 】
Submitted [to Tsungli Yamen] by the Inspector General H, T, on [daie\ in Despatch No.
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22.
A Shupan's Application for Leave.
To
The Commissioner of Customs,
Shanghai.
The undersigned most respectfully applies for twenty days' leave, dating from the 3rd
to the 2211(1 August 1 882, for the purpose of getting married, and humbly wishes that bis
applicatiou may be granted. He farther states, as he is required to (】o， that liis former leaves
extended from the 13th to the 27th December 1879， in all fifteen days, and that during the
present year ho lias not attended at the office for two days.
Most respectfully,
[Date.]
23.
A Compositor's Application for Leave.
To
The Commissioner of Customs [Statistical Secretary,
Statistical Department,
Inspectorate General of Customs],
Mao Ta-yu most respectfully begs to state that, having served as a Compositor in the
Statistical Department without applying for home leave ever since he first joined in February
1 866, the arrival of a letter from his family urging him to come home, in order to get married,
now causes Lira to venture troubling Your Honour with his most respectful request to kindly
grant him two months' leave, in order that he may get married and settle other important
matters ； for granting which he will be ever grateful. He has asked Mr. Pa-la-mao-tan to
kindly speak to Your Honour on his behalf.
Most respectfully,
[Date.]
MAO TA-YU.
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24.
Shanghai Customs Port Clearance.
The Superintendent of Customs and Torritorial Taot'ai at Slianglmi, in ilie matter of
the collection of Duties and Tonnage Dues.
AVhereas an application for a Port Clearance Certificate has como forward after due
exhibition of Bank Receipts showing tliat all dues and duties have been paid in conformity
with the Treaty Regulation by wliicli " all goods declared at tho Custom House by auy British
merchant ship shall at once be charged Tonnage Dues and ordinary duties thereafter to be
paid by the merchant at the Customs Bank as per Duty Jlcmo.," this Port Clearance Certificate
is herewith duly issued into the bauds of the master of the said ship. A necessary Port
Clearance.
Particulars.
Nationality: British.
Vessel's name : Po-vx! Ka-sha-erh [Botlnvell Castle].
Registered No.: 23>83(3.
Destination ： Japan.
Tonnage Dues paid on 1,654 registered tons, for Avhich a separate Certificate is issued.
Import Duties paid Th 16.1.5.9
Export ，， " ，， 666.1.5.9
Total TU. 682.3.1.8
Issued this, etc. [date].
25.
Tientsin Customs Duty Paid Certificate.
ChoUj by His Imperial Majesty's commands holding brevet rank of tlie second class,
Superintendent of both the Foreign and Native Custom Houses at Tientsin, in charge of Foreign
trade matters in the province of Chihli, and Taot'ai with Coast Defence and Military Authority,
in the matter of issuing a [Duty] Paid Certificate.
Whereas the British merchants Feng-ch'ang [Messrs. Maclay & Co.] report their having
bought in the interior the under- mentioned goods, in all 44 packages, weighing piculs, and,
the Export Duty being paid, their forwarding the said goods for sale to Shanghai by the British
merchant ship No. 91 called Nanzing, a Certificate showing that the Exjiort Duty has been
paid at the Tientsin Customs is hereby duly issued, for delivery at the port of destination, in
order to pay the Import [i.e., Coast Trade] Duty accordingly. It is not allowed to be tendered
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for payment of duties at another port [but that named above, i.e., Shanghai]. A necessary
Duty Paid Certificate.
Particulars.
I package Cow Hides piculs 9-90-
lo packages Pigs' Bristles " 1+29， value TU. 342.91'
33 bundles Cotton and Woolleu Mattresses, pieces 5,600, " „ 3，920.
Duty paid ： Tb. 218.0.9.8.
The above CertiHcate is issued for the British merchant ship No. 91.
[Date.]
To be delivered on date of arrival in port.
26.
Full and Half Duty [Paid] Certificate for Native Goods Exported.
The Superintendent of the Hankow Customs, in the province of Hupeh, and Taot'ai of
the Hankow Circuit, in the matter of issuing a Full Duty Receipt on Native goods.
Whereas it is stated in the Revised Yangtze Trade Regulations that " Native Produce
exported from the River wlien exported from [the regulation quoted says ' imported at,' 進 口]
any of the three Custom Houses on the Yangtze-kiang shall alike be examined and charged
duty at such port itself just as at any of the ports opened to trade by the Treaty," and as now
a Bank Receipt has come forward showing that the British merchants T'ai-ku [Messrs. BuT-
TERFIELD & SwiRE], ship Pekin, have purchased at Hankow Native goods for exportation,
which have been examined and granted a Duty Memo, by this Custom House, ordering them
to proceed to the Bank to pay [the duty], this Full Duty Paid Certificate is herewith duly-
issued, in order that its holder may deliver it at the port of discbarge for examination. This
Certificate is to accompany the goods >vhich it covers. A necessary Duty Paid Certificate.
Particulars.
5 packages Medicines, piculs 8.20, original [value] Tts. 96.
4 ，， Vermicelli, ，, 6.
The duty on the above has been paid with Tfe. ' ' '
half . . . 2.9.4.0
[Date.]
The above Certificate is handed to the British merchants Messrs. Butterfield & SwiHE.
If a mistake be discovered, application to have it altered should be made.
Certificate No 90.
To be delivered on date of arrival at Shanghai.
* In the Chinese test (Vol. I， p. 55, col. 10) the characters 百 ainl 拾， standing for "liimdred" aud "ten"
respectively, should each be preceded by a blank space. They originally appear on a printed form, aud the liuuclreds aud tens
are merely filled in if required. In this case they are not.
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27.
Duty Proof.
The Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai at Ningpo, in the matter of issuing a Duty
Proof.
Whereas a despatch is on record from the Tsungli Yamen enjoining that " apart from
the three Yangtze Ports where the Coast Trade Duty has to be paid beforehand at tho port of
exportation, the Half Duty payable on the importation of Native goods at all other ports is to
be paid at the port of importation, and that the issue of Coast Trade DiUy Paid Certilicates is
no longer permitted ；" and as now a representation has come forward from the
[nationality] merchant Hsu Feng to the effect that "he has brought [the under-mentioned]
Native goods from Shanghai by the Chinese ship No. 135 ； that these goods were accompanied
by a Shanghai Duty Paid Certificate, on the production of which Coast Trade Duty lias been
paid ； and tliat, since it is no longer convenient to sell those goods on the spot, he will now
re-ship tliem to tlie port of Shanghai by the British ship Xo. 100 ；" this Custom House, having
examined the goods and found them to correspond, uow (while returning drawback for the
Coast Trade Duty received by this Custom House) duly issues proof that a Full Duty Paid
Certificate received from the Shanghai Customs has been produced for tlio said goods. Issued
into the liands of the said merchant, that it may be taken to Shanghai for examination. A
necessary Proof.
Particulars.
I package Huang-lien [Dye-stuff*], piculs 1.05, vulue Tfe. 73.50.
[Date.]
28.
Shanghai Customs Exemption Certificate.
The Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai of Slianghai, in the niattev of issuing ； m
Exemption Certificate.
When a merchant, on having paid all the duties due on certain goods brought by him
[into port], wishes to change the destination of such goods to another port of sale, a special
Certificate shall be-issued to him for the amount of goods so exported, on their being ascertained
to be the identical goods in their original packages and to agree with the books without having
in the least been tampered "with or exchanged for other goods, and he shall be allowed to proceed
to the said port and there produce the Certificate so issued, in order that they may be exempted
from a further charge of duty. Now Avhereas the German merchants Mei-tsiii-shih [Messrs.
Melchers & Co.] report that, having previously paid the duties on the under-mentioned goods,
they will ship the same goods by the British merchant ship No. 23,902, called the Chungking,
to be forwarded to the port of Tientsin for sale, and the goods having been examined and found
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to agree, an Exemption Certificate is duly issued to them. The document being issued on this
ground, they shall be allowed to forward the under-mentioned goods to the said port, where, on
tins Certificate being produced and found to agree with the goods, they shall be allowed to land
the same for sale 、vithout any further charge of duty being made. A necessary Exemption
Certificate.
Particulars. *
5 packages Brass Buttons = 500 gross.
These goods had been imported by the northern ship, Registered No. 1,217, and paid
duty 27.5.0.0.
The above Certificate is issued into the bands of the British merchants I -ho [Messrs.
Jardij?e, Mathesox, & Co.].
[Date.]
To be delivered on date of arrival at the Tientsin Customs.
29.
Shanghai Customs Tonnage Dues Certificate.
The Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai of Shanghai, in the matter of issuing a
Tonnage Dues Certificate.
According to the British Treaty, " any merchant vessel wishing to proceed to any of the
Treaty ports or to Hongkong shall be entitled, on application of the master, to a special Cer-
tificate from tlie Customs, [on exhibition of which] she shall be exempted from all further
payment of Tonnage Dues for a four-monthly term, dating from the date of issue, if the limit
of four months lias not been exceeded." Now whereas an application for a Tonnage Dues
Certificate has come forward from the merchants ， after the pro-
duction of the Bank Receipt showing that Tonnage Dues have been paid, this document is duly
issued into the hands of the said merchants, who are hereby granted exemption from further
payment of Tonnage Dues for a term of four months. A necessary Tonnage Dues Certificate.
Particulars.
Applicants ： the Danish, merchants " Telegraph Company."
Vessel ： the Danish merchant ship Ssu-ta-no-ti [Store Nordislce].
Registered No.: 622. •
Registered tonnage ： 596 tons.
Tonnage Dues paid: Tfe. 238.40 (two hundred and thirty-eight taels and four mace
only).
Date of expiry ： 17th of the gth month.
[J)ateJ
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30.
Huchao.
Shen， by His Imperial Majesty's commands Taot'ai, with the brevet rank of a Provincial
Treasurer, and Superintendent of Customs at Chinkiang, in the matter of issuing a Huchao.
An official letter has been received from tlie Chief ^fanager of the China Merchants'
Steam Navigation Company to the effect " that an oliicial letter has come to his hands from
tlio ' Commission for the new edition of the Provincial Archives ' at Pao-ting-fti. through the
medium of the ' Coast Defence Office' at Tientsin, forwarding a list of books for additional
library purchases, and ^vriting to the Company to send a special messenger to the Provincial
Government Printing Offices at Nanking and Huai-an to eftect purchases as per list, to forward
them from Chinkiang to Shanghai, for further transmission to Tientsin, and apply for exemption
from duty and release on exammation." This letter having come to hand, and Avbereas an
application for a passport has come fonvai'd from the Company's employe LuAX for twenty-
three cases of books bought in the first instance from the Provincial Printing Office at Nanking,
weighing in all thirty-five piculs, inclusive of package, which are to be forwarded by China
Merchants' Company's steamer from Chinkiang to Shanghai and further on to Tientsin, this
Huchao is therefore duly issued. When produced at any of the Custom Houses or Barriers
they may pass en roitte, the goods covered by it are to be released on examination without let
or hindrance. A necessary Huchao.
The above Document is issued into the hands of the China irercliants' Steam Navigation
Company.
[Date.]
To be delivered on arrival for cancellation.
31.
Huchao.
Jul, Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai at Xingpo, in the matter of issuing a Ilucliao,
A despatch is on record from, the Tsungli Yanien to the eftect that "^vhencver any
Government officers pass a Custom House carrying with them effects and goods on which no
duty is chargeable by Iaw， they may go to the Custom House and apply to the Siiperintcnflent
for the issue of a sealed Certificate, and after in this sealed Certificate the number of boxes and
packages are clearly entered, then they shall bo allowed to be exempted from examination."
Now whereas the expectant chil-jen Chi P'ei, a native of the Wen-an district, in the prefecture
of Shim-t'ien, states in an application that "this being the time for the 1SS2 triennial examina-
tion, he is on his way to the examination hall, and carrying ^vith 】】im a number of packages
by way of luggage and clothing, applies for a free pass;" this application 】iaving come forward,
I duly issue this Huchao accordingly. The Custom Houses, Barriers, and Guard Houses on
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the road to which the holder of this document will proceed are requested not to raise difficulties
by detention, which is to be kept in view as an urgent enjoinment. A necessary Huchao.
Particulars.
Two boxes Books.
Four boxes Clothing.
One set Carved Boards.
Four packages Sundries.
The above Certificate is to be exhibited at all the Guard Houses and Customs Barriers
en route,
[Date,]
To be delivered for cancellation within days.
32. .
Duty Free Certificate.
Shao, holding rank, granted by His Imperial Majesty, of the second class, Superintendent
of Customs and Territorial Taot'ai at Shanghai, and Inspector of Mints, with three steps of
merit granted to his person, in the matter of issuing a Certificate.
The records of this office show that the following documents have been received from the
Provincial Treasurer at Soochow, viz., on the ist July 1867， an official letter, which says: ―
"I am in receipt of a despatch from His Excellency the Provincial Governor to the
effect that a letter was addressed to him by the Board of Revenue advising the issue of an
Imperial Edict sanctioning the proposal made in the Supervising Censor Hung Ch'ang-yen's
Memorial to the Throne, according to which exemption from Likin taxes as well as Customs
duties should be granted alike on the export and import of such cargoes of paddy, rice, and
other grain as merchants were called upon to buy up for transportation to Tientsin and for
sale at that port"
Further, later on, in 1870, an official letter which says : ―
" I am in receipt of a despatch from the Board of Revenue to this effect ： the Prefect of
Shun-t'ien-fu had written in reply [to an inquiry from the Board] that, ' since the crops in the
country about Peking had fallen short of the full amount, and since commercial enterprise had
again to be looked to as a means of forwarding rice and grain in support of the people's main-
tenance, it would be necessary to grant the temporary remission of Customs duties and Likin
taxes/ and the Board now writes to say that matters are to be treated as in the case referred
to the Throne in 1867."
Records also show that on receipt of this letter proclamations [to that effect] have been
issued to the public.
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No、v whereas the licensed merchant Yung Cm, liftving- purchased one hundred packages
of Rice, weighing one hundred and fifty piculs, to be carried to Tientsin by the vessel SI 嶋， to
[El Doraclo], and having signed a Bond [to this effect], applies for a Certificate which will
exempt his cargo from Likin taxes and Customs duties at the various Customs and 】」kin
stations ； the Bond referred to is filed in the archives and report cmI in duo form, and this
Certificate is duly issued.
The Certificate issued on these grounds is placed into tlic hands of the said merchant, in
order that he may produce it at the various Customs and Likin stations he may meet on the
road, and apply for their examination and release. If goods not covered by this Pass be
contained in his cargo, they will have to pay all the inland taxes and duties required by
regulation. As soon as he returns to Shanghai the morchant will deliver this Certificate to be
cancelled, wliicli is to be kept in view as an urgent enjoinmeiit. A necessary Certificate.
The above Certificate is issued to the licensed merchant Yung Chi.
[Date.]
Shanghai Customs.
To be delivered within six months.
33.
Special Certificate.
Liu, holding rank, granted by His Imperial Majesty, as Provincial Treasurer, Territorial
Taot'ai at Shanghai, Inspector of the Coast Defence, Post, Fisheries, and Salt Administration,
with ten steps of merit and recorded ten times at the Board, in the matter of issuing a Special
Certificate. *
On the 4th September i88o a despatch was received [at this office] from His Excellency
Liu, Governor General of the Two Kiang Provinces, Avho states that he has been addressed by
the Governor of the Fukien Province Lt to the following effect : ―
" Incessant rains at the close of this last summer season having caused the rivers of
the province of Fukien to overflow to an almost calamitous extent, the j'oar's crop of grain
could not but be deficient ； and since measures were taken to induce merchants to import
this commodity Avith a view to assist the population, the Throne has been applied to for the
extension, by rule of precedent, of exemption from payment of duties."
And a despatch to the same effect was received from His Excellency Governor Wu.
The above having come to the Taot'ai, the matter is, on the one hand, brought to the
knowledge of the public and the Commissioner of Customs is 、n'itten to for his guidance, and,
on the other band, cargoes of Rice bought up by merchants here to be sent to Foochow for
sale will be provided with Certificates in analogy with the precedent by which the cfu'rying of
nice to Foochow was exempted from payment of duty on the last occasion.
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Now wliereas the merchant Ho Ch'ang Ch'eng lias purchased one hundred packages of
Rice, weighing one hundred and fifty piculs, to be shipped by the steamer Appin to Foochow
for sale, and whereas a Bond signed by him has come forward, this Certificate is duly issued,
while replying [to the applicant's petition]. Being issued on this ground, this Certificate entitles
its holder to have the goods covered by it released without payment of duty on awaiting the
Commissioners examination at the Custom House. A necessary Special Certificate.
The above Certificate is issued to the merchant Ho Ch'ang Ch'^ng.
' [Date.]
[TaoVai*8 endorsement]
To be delivered for concellation within six months.
34.
Duty Receipt for the carrying' of Goods into the Interior
[i.e., Transit Pass Inward].
Shao, Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai at Shanghai, in the matter of issuing a
Transit Pass.
Whereas it is stipulated in the Rules appended to the Tariff that ―
" Notice being given [at the port of entry] from which the imports are to be forwarded
inland, of the nature and quantity of tlie goods and tlie place inland to which they are bound,
the Collector of Customs will, on due inspection made, and on receipt of the Transit Duty due,
issue a Transit Duty Certificate ； this must be produced at every Barrier Station, vised. No
further duty will be leviable upon imports so certificated, no matter how distant the place
of their destination ： "
And whereas, further, it is stipulated in Article I of the [Yangtze] Transit Eegulations
that ―
" Foreign merchants carrying Foreign imports up tlie Yangtze-kiang must, after having
arrived at any of the Yangtze Ports, and as soon as tliey have left port, proceed themselves to
the interior for the sale of their goods, pay all the Native inland charges at the various Customs
and Likin stations, unless they be provided with a Transit Pass from any of the Custom Houses
on the Yangtze,"— a final paragraph stating that at the northern and southern coast ports
matters are to be treated in tlie same manner as at the Yangtze Ports ：
And whereas, fiu'tlier, it is stipulated in the Chefoo Convention that ―
" As regards Foreign goods sent to the interior under Transit Pass, the Tsungli Yamen is
to devise a uniform system to be followed, according to which Foreigners and Natives, without
distinction, shall be at liberty to take out Passes ： ，，
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And whereas, apart from the practice in the case of Foreign goods carried to tho interior
wliliont a Transit Pass, still following the [Yangtze] Transit Regulations, tho merchant
Cbinetio
Mei-chh [MijLLER & Co.]
reports to tho Customs Ins intention to transport the under-mentioned
Foreign goods to Nmg:*^uo::， prefecture of Ning-kuo, province of Anhuei. and applies
for the issue of a Transit Pass ：
I therefore issue, as in duty bound, this Transit Pass, in order that it may be examined
and stamped on the road, and that the goods may be released. A necessary Transit Pass.
Particulars.
I package Palm-leaf Fans, Trimmed = 2,200 pieces.
The Transit Duty on these goods has been paid.
This Pass is lianded to the German merchant ^ULLERJkCo.
Chinese
[Date.]
To be delivered for cancellation witliiu days.
35.
Certificate of Declaration for Native Goods to be purchased
[i.e., Transit Memorandum].
Ltu， Superintendent of Customs and Taot'ai at Shanghai, in the matter of issuing a
blank Certificate of Declaration.
Whereas a despatch has come to hand from the British Consul to the effect that tho
British merchant Hsiang-mao [A. R. Burkill] has represented that since the under-mentioned
goods have arrived at the first Barrier, he has to pay the Transit Duty at the port of export-
ation, in accordance with the Customs Tariff, and now applies for the provisional issue of a
blank Certificate of Declaration [or Transit Memorandum] ：
This Custom House duly issues three identical copies of this blank Certificate of Declai'a-
tion [i.e., this triplicate Transit Memorandum]. The Consul is to call upon the said mcrcliant
to sign this Certificate at the Consulate before issue ； and at the first Barrier met with on
coming from the authorised place of purchase, either the said merchant or his representative
will present this triplicate Certificate, in order that he may, together with the Barrier authorities,
inspect the said goods. The number of packages and the weight of the goods and the name
of the exporting Custom House are to be entered on the Certiticate by tho merchant himself.
After this triplicate Certificate has been received at the Barrier, one copy is to be sealed and,
duly enclosed in an envelope, sent by the quickest post to the Custom House where the said
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merchant says in his declaration the goods are to be exported ； a second copy is to be sealed
and sent at the end of the montli to the Tsungli Yamen, for the Yamen's archives ； the
third copy remaiuing is to be kept at the Barrier, where a Transit Pass [運 照] will be made
out from the particulars contained in this Certificate. This Pass will be issued to the said
merchaut, who will present it at the various Barriers along the road, where the goods will be
released ou tlie Pass being stamped. On arrival at the locality where the Barrier of the exporting
Custom House is established, [the officers of] the Barrier will accompany tlie person in charge
of the goods to the Custom House and apply for a Certificate showing that the Transit Duty
has been paid at the Customs, on the ground of which the goods will then be allowed to pass
the Barrier. If anyone should offend against this rule or should clandestinely sell en route
goods which have been declared as destined for such and such a port, or defraud the revenue
in any other manner, the goods will be confiscated, besides which the said merchant will be
held to pay at the sea-port lialf the Tariff Duty oii the goods as described at the time of
passing the first Barrier. False declaration of goods effected by suppressing the Certificate will
be punished by the confiscation of all the goods belonging to the same denomination [as those
fraudulently under-stated]. A necessary Certificate of Declaration.
The following is a list of the Native goods and the quantities purchased ： ―
Destinations ： Nan-hsiln, Ling-hu, CMn-tse, Hsin-shih, Wu-chin, 8huang-lin.
Twenty-six packages Silk Refuse . • . Weighing twenty-six piculs.
Thirty-one packages Pierced Cocoons • • ，， twelve piculs and forty catties.
Stowed in two boats.
The above goods arrived at the first Barrier, i.e" the ― . Custom House,
on the [date], and, being examined, are now destined for the ―. Customs for
exportation.
Issued by tlie Shanghai Customs on [date of Certificate].
To be forwarded by immediate post from the Barrier to the Customs,
declared as the port of exportation by the said merchant, to serve as a voucher in payment
of duty.
36.
Bond Certificate.
The Superintendent of the Newchwang Native Customs and Territorial and Customs
Taot'ai at Newchwang, in the matter of issuing a sealed Certificate.
Whereas by the regulations newly agreed upon the restriction formerly prohibiting the
exportation of copper cash, rice, and other grain has been relaxed, inasmuch as a Foreign
merchant shall be free to ship these commodities from one of the open ports of China to
another, under the condition that the said merchant shall bind himself, either by Bond or by
depositing some other material guarantee, to return for cancellation within six months from the
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date of issue the Certificate issued to that effect, with the sealed endorsement of the Superin-
tendent of Customs at the port of discharge, showing that the goods liavo been there received ；
and a freight or part freight of any of these commodities will render the vessel carrying them
liable to pay Tonnage Dues ：
And whereas the Foreign mercliant K'o Ckih-shun represents that, being about t" ship
the under-mentioned goods by the Chinese merchant vessel Registered No. i for Shanghai, he
has signed a Bond in accordance Avitli the regulations, and applies for the issue of au official
Certificate ：
The details having been found to agree, and the Bond having been lilod in the archives,
this Certiticate is now duly issued. The Certiticate so issued will entitle the said lucrchant
to forward the goods enumerated therein to Shanghai. As soon as the vessel arrives in port,
this Certificate will have to be presented to the Shanghai Customs for examination, and on
having been there endorsed and sealed, it will have to be returned to tlio Ncwclnvang Customs
for cancellation within six months, reckoned from the date of issue. If after the expiration
of the said six months it is not delivered, the sum stipulated in the Bond shall be forfeited
as a fine to the Chinese Government. A necessary Bond Certificate.
Particulars.
Jen (往〉 Rice 144 hags = Piculs 184.32.
The above Certificate is handed to the Foreign mercliant K'o Ch'ih,
Issued by the Newchwang Customs this [cZaie].
To be returned within six months.
37.
Customs Regulations for the Port of Shanghai, for (Foreign) Shipping.
I. ― The port for Foreign shipping is limited by a line drawn from Paosliau Point to the
Battery on the right bank of the river below AVoosung ； vessels having crossed that lino are
held to have entered the port of Shanghai.
II. ― Customs officers will board ships entering the port, and examine them after
clearance outwards.
ni. — Tlie limits of the anchorage for Foreign vessels and the discharge and taking in of
cargo is between the East Gate Creek and the Creek below tlie British Naval Yard.
IV. 一 Masters must deposit their ship's papers and Manifest with their Consul (if they
have no Consul, with the Customs) within 24 hours after entering the port. For failing to do
this within 48 hours, they are liable, under Treaty, to line.
V. ― The master is responsible for the correctness of the Manifest, which should contain
a full and true account [marks and number of packages] of the cargo on board. For presenting
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a false Manifest he subjects himself, under Treaty, to a fine of S500; but he will be allowed
to correct, within 24 liours after delivery of it to the Customs officers, any clerical mistake he
may discover in his Manifest, without incurring this penalty. If any portion of the cargo be
for re-exportation, it should be so entered on the Manifest.
VI.—Except under special permission, the place for shipping and unshipping cargo and
ballast shall be couHncd to the limits of the anchorage, and the time— excluding Sundays and
holidays ― to between sunrise and sunset.
YII.— AVhcn a vessel is entered and her Manifest received, the consignees of her cargo
hand in to the Customs their Applications to Land. These must give the number of packages,
with their marks, weight, value, and other such-like particulars, and be accompanied by
their Delivery Orders. The Delivery Orders will be stamped and returned to the consignees,
■who may then land their consignments. If cargo be unshipped without such Delivery Order
duly stamped, it is liable to confiscation, and the master to fine.
Vin._'\Vhen tlie whole of the inward cargo is discharged, the vessel is examined by a
Customs officer. Shippers may then hand in to the Customs their Applications to Ship, Avhicli
must, as in the case of the Applications to Land, give full particulars, and be accompanied by
their Shipping Orders. The Shipping Order will be stamped by the Customs and returned to
the shippers, who may then ship their goods. Goods shipped or placed on board a cargo-boat
without such Shipping Order duly stamped are liable to confiscation.
IX. ― Cargo which, after the issue of a Permit, cannot be received on board, because the
vessel is full, must not be re-landed without being brought to the Customs Jetty for examination.
X. ― When the loading of a vessel is completed, a Manifest of her outward cargo must
be liandecl in to the Customs. It must contain an account of the particulars ― marks, numbers,
and contents— of every package on board. For exhibiting a false Manifest the master is
liable to fine.
XL 一 Goods transhipped without special permission are liable to confiscation.
XII. ― Tonnage Dues are payable when the ship has been 48 hours in port, or as soon
before then as any cargo has been [shipped or] unshipped.
XIII. ― When a vessel's Clearance is applied for, her stamped Delivery and Shipping
Orders are examined on board; and if they are found in order, and the Customs are satisfied
of the correctness of the inward and outward Manifests, and that the whole of the dues and
duties have been paid, the Clearance is issued, and the vessel is entitled to receive back her
papers and to leave the port.
XIV. ― The Custom House is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on all clays, Sundays and
holidays excepted.
Special applications regarding business connected with the foregoing Regulations should
he addressed to " The Commissioner of Customs."
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38.
Harbour Regulations for the Port of Shanghai.
The following Regulations liave been agreed to and sanctioned by the Treaty Power
Consuls at this port.
I. ― The anchorage for Foreign vessels is between the East Gate Creek (Upper Reach)
and the Creek below the British Naval Yard (Lower Reach).
II. ― Vessels entering the anchorage will, when they come abreast of the Harbour Master's
Office at the Lower Reach [Britisli Naval Yard], be boarded by the Assistant Harbour Muster,
who will direct tliem to proper berths. In the case of a vessel being towed, the tug steamer
must stop, before passing the Harbour Master's Lower Station at Pootung, to be boarded.
III. ― Vessels running regularly [i.e., river, coast, and mail steamers] having determined
berths are allowed on arrival to proceed to them without stoppage, unless they have dangerous
or explosive cargo on board, iu which case they are to be governed by Clauses XI， XII, and
XIV of these Regulations.
IV. — Four berths in the Upper Reach of the harbour will be kept open for the use of
men-of-war.
V. ― Vessels are to moor in accordance with the orders received from the Harbour Master,
and not to shift their berths or remove from the anchorage without a special Permit.
VI. ― Applications for permission to shift berths must be made to the Harbour Master's
Office at the Custom House, Upper Reach, or to the Lower Station by the shipmaster, the first
officer, or pilot in charge.
VIL ― All vessels are required to keep a light burning bright and clear at the starboard,
yard-arm, or starboard fore-rigging Avlien vessels have no yards, from dark until daylight.
VIII. ― No vessels except men-of-war may use swinging booms. The swinging booms of
men-of-war shall be rigged in from sunset until sunrise.
IX. ― Vessels are required to keep their chains clear, especially towards the full and
change of the moon, and not to have lines out from one vessel to another any longer time tlinu
necessary. Boats towing astern are to have short lines, in order not to block up the passage.
X. ― Merchant vessels shall not fire off cannon or small arms witliin the limits ot* the
port without written permits from the Harbour Master.
XI. ― Vessels arriving at this port and having on board as cargo any number of loaded
shell, or as much as loo pounds of gunpowder, or as many as 20,000 rounds of [rifle, sporting,
gatling, mitrailleuse, pistol, or revolver] cartridges, shall anchor not less than one mile below
the lower limit of the harbour, and fly a red flag [No. 5 Mauryat's, or B Commercial Code]
at the fore during the daytime, and shall abide by the instructions received from the Customs
concerning the discharge of the same.
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XII. ― Vessels arriving at this port and having on board as cargo any explosive substances,
in whatever quantity, shall be subject to the same conditions as are laid down in Clause XI of
these Regulations.
XIIL— Vessels shall not be allowed to take on board as cargo any of the articles
mentioned in Clauses XI and XII of these Regulations without first proceeding to an anchorage
not less than one mile below the lower limit of the harbour, from which, while having such
cargo on board, they shall only depart for the purpose of proceeding outside [of Woosung].
XIV. 一 Vessels arriving with inflammable oils [kerosene or petroleum] on board as
cargo shall be berthed on the Pootung side of the gth section of the harbour, and must remain
there until all such cargo has been discharged.
XV. ― A vessel arriving "with a contagious disease on board shall not come nearer the
lower limit of the harbour than one mile, shall fly at the fore a yellow flag, and shall not allow
anyone to disembark or come on board without permission from the Harbour Master's Office.
XVI. ― Masters of vessels shall not permit ballast or ashes to be thrown into the river.
XVII. ― All vessels in port must keep on board a sufficient number of hands to clear and
pay out chain, etc., when required.
XVIII. ― Vessels on arriving in port must, as soon as possible, rig in their jib-booms, and
must not subsequently rig tliem out [while within the harbour limits] without permission from
the Harbour Master.
XIX. ― No buoy may be laid down without the sanction of the Harbour Master and his
approval of the moorings by which it is to be held in position. Unoccupied buoys must be
lighted at night.
XX. ― Buoys that are already laid down are subject to the control of the Harbour Master,
and where tliey are so placed as to obstruct the passage of vessels through the harbour, or for
any other reason, the Harbour Master will be at liberty to order them to be shifted. In case of
refusal or neglect on the part of the owners of a buoy to shift its position as directed by the
Harbour Master, the latter may cause it to be removed at the expense of the owners thereof.
XXI. ― In case of fire occurrmg on board a vessel in port, the bell must be rung [im-
mediately by that vessel and] by those above and below lier, and the signal [2109 Marryat，s，
ov B T F Commercial Code] " Ship on fire " hoisted [by the burning vessel, if possible, and] by
those above and below her during the day, or tlie yard-arm light lowered and hoisted continually
during the night. Notice should be sent immediately to the Eiver Police Hulk, Harbour
Master's Station, or Pootung Signal Tower, and to the nearest municipal police station.
XXII. ― Vessels infringing Clauses XI and XII of these Regulations by coming within
the harbour limits with dangerous or explosive cargo on board in excess of the quantity therein
allowed will be notified by the Harbour Master to proceed to an anchorage not less than one
mile below the lower limit of the harbour, and their working and clearance will be stopped
by the Customs until this notice is complied with. All other vessels not occupying the berth
assigned to them as required by Clauses 11， V, and VI of the above Regulations are likewise
liable to hare their 、雷 king and clearance stopped by the Customs until the Harbour Master
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reports them as berthed in accordance with his directions. Masters of vessels committing
breaches of the other Regulations will be dealt with by the Consular Aulhorities.
SUrPLEMENTARY NOTICE.
I. ― On entering the anchorage vessels should show their numbers, in order that the same
may be signalled from the Harbour Masters signal stations.
II. ― On having entered port, masters of vessels are requested to furnish the Harbour
Master or harbour pilot with any information they may possess relative to discoveries of rocks,
shoals, or wrecks, or vessels signalled on the 、vay as coming from a certain port to Sliiinghai,
and their positions, the state of weather and storms experienced during voyage, the time of
leaving last port, and the time of arrival. They are also requested to report it* any change has
taken place in the position of buoys, or if any of the lights are out of order.
III. ― Masters of vessels having fault to find with pilots, whether as regards professional
competency or personal conduct, are especially requested to report the same, as soon as they
arrive in port, to the Harbour Master, from whom such cases will receive immediate attention.
IV. ― At tlie Harbour Master's Office (Custom House) will be found a board, on which
all notices [pertaining to the Department] will be exhibited, also any information of interest
to shipmasters ； it will also show the names of pilots, etc.
V. ― Vessels are recommended not to sail or steam through the shipping with the tide,
it being highly dangerous to do so in respect of collision with other vessels. Vessels so doing
will incur responsibility for all damages.
VL ― The master of a vessel may refuse to pay inward pilotage until a certificate is
produced from the Harbour Master or his deputies that the vessel is properly moored.
Harbour Regulations for Woosung.
The following Regulations have been agreed to and sanctioned by the Treaty Power
Consuls at this port.
I. ― The anchorage for Foreign vessels at Woosung is between the Woosung Creek and
the White Cottage above the Chinese Camp.
II. ― Inward-bound vessels having to anchor at Woosung must hoist the rendezvous
flag [Marryat's Code] when passing the Woosung Spit Buoy, and tliey will then be boarded,
between the Woosung Creek and the Harbour Master's Station, by the Berthing Officer, who
will direct them where to anchor. The pilot or officer in charge of every such vessel shall see
that proper facilities are afiorded the Berthing Officer to enable him to come on board.
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III. ― No vessel will be allowed to anchor in the line of the fairway marks (consisting of
three beacon poles to be seen in a line) across the Bar, or within 300 feet above or below
said line.
IV. ― The officer in charge of the Harbour Master,s Station at Woosung is authorised to
keep a clear channel from the Inner Bar as far out as Woosung Harbour, and to notify any
vessel which may be anchored in such a position as to obstruct or endanger the navigation of
this channel, to remove to such berth as he may point out.
V. — Should the commanding officer of a vessel refuse to move her after the Berthing
Officer has called upon him to do so, such vessel will be held responsible for all damage done
to his own or other vessels which may be caused by collision,
VI. ― No vessel will be allowed to discharge or take on board cargo at Woosung until she
is moored in a berth approved by the Berthing Officer, except in very urgent cases, when
special permission has to be obtained from the Commissioner of Customs.
VII. ― The management of vessels when taking up the berths to which they are directed
will in all cases be left in the hands of the pilot or commanding officer.
VIII. ― The officer in charge of the Harbour Master's Station at Woosung will board all
inward-bound sailing vessels between the Woosung Creek and the Station, for the purpose of
receiving their reports, and in case of a vessel being towed, the tug must slow down or stop
while the vessel is being boarded.
Masters of vessels committing breaches of the foregoing Regulations will be dealt with by
the Consular Authorities,
39.
Shanghai Customs Notification.
Whereas the 5tli day of the 5th moon is the day of the Dragon Boat festival, [the staff
of] this Custom House will, in compliance with regulations, be granted one day's leave and not
attend to public business. A special Notification.
[Date.]
40.
Proclamation.
Pan, Superintendent of Customs and Territorial Taot'ai at Chefoo, with rank as Provincial
Judge granted by His Imperial Majesty, in the matter of instructions for the guidance of the
public.
Whereas in landing imports from Foreign steamers and sailing vessels it has been an old-
established rule for Native merchants to report their goods at the Foreign Custom House, and
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
295
on receipt of the customary Permit present the same at the Native Custom House, where goods
are examined, and, if found to agree, receive permission to bo landed ： Ami wliuroiis this arrange-
ment was made for the purpose of checking nil tho infractions committed by false declaration
of goods and smuggling, but it has lately come to the Taot'ais knowledgo that of tlie goods
declared to be landed from Foreign vessels, some have been landed befViro presentation of
tlie Permit at the Native Custom House, and some, on being taken on shore clandestinely,
while suppressing the Permit altogether, were not even reported at the Native Custom House
at, all: And whereas such disorderly mancruvres are utterly incompatible with the restriction
of the above-mentioned irregularities : It [now] becomes necessary, in order to clieck these
malpractices and to show that the Imperial revenue is not to be looked at as an unimportant
institution, to clearly state the rule as it hiis been of old, for tlie information and "aiidance of
all whom it may concern.
The Taot'ai, therefore, in due form issues this rrocluiiiatioii, witli a view to its being
duly noted by the merchants of all districts tliat, after the issue of this public notice, " [tho
consignees of] all goods to be discharged from steamers or sailing vessels, on liavin*^ paid tho
duty and being furnished with a Permit, on application to tho Foivign Customs, 、viU have to
proceed with such Permit to the Native Custom House for examination, and if there tlie goods
be found to agree with those entered on the Permit, the latter being endorsed with a stamp
showing that re-examination at the Native Customs has taken place, then the goods 、、- ill bo
allowed to be discharged and taken on shore. Anyone who may be proved to have taken his
goods on shore previous to having tendered the Permit, or to havo taken his goods on shore
clandestinely without exhibiting any Permit at all, will be sent to tlie Custom House for trial
and punishment. If the goods discharged do not agree Avith those eniinierated in the Permit,
such irregularity will be visited with severe punishment, and no leniency will be shown. A
special Proclamation to be strictly obeyed ！ "
41.
Notice from the Superintendent of Customs.
The wharf built for this Custom House is destined for the examination of goods ； it was
not intended to serve as a stage for merchants coming on shore or going on board ships, and
pedestrians generally. I hear that prostitutes and singing women also mix with the company
[making use of] this wharf, wlio， with the. arts of the toilet, entice the passers-by, which is
indeed a bold game to be played with the law. Now police runners have been sent to seize and
arrest any such shameless folks, who, if they again dare to come to this wharf, will be sent to
the Magistrate to be punished severely and without mercy.
The above public notice is suspended at the wharf in front of the Customs gate.
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42.
Notice from the Superintendent of Customs.
[This office has authority to] arrest [revenue] thieves and smugglers, and restrict evasion
of the [revenue] law; wilful offenders will be punished severely and without mercy.
The above public notice in four rhymes is identical with one that is suspended at the
wliarf in front of the Customs gate.
43.
Shanghai Customs Notice.
Notice is hereby given that a number of confiscated goods, comprising Silk Piece Goods,
Szechwan Opium, Japanese Ginseng, English Camlets, Shoes, Fans, and Sundries, will be sold
for this office by public auction at 2 p.m. on the 26th instant by iM-i-shih-mo [Louis Moore]
at the Customs Godown. Intending purchasers are requested to attend punctually to offer
their bids. It will be necessary for purchasers to carry with them a certain amount of Foreign
money, in order that, when the sale is settled, the goods may be delivered ； tliey must not back
out after the sale has been settled, on the plea of having brought no money with them, which
should be well kept in mind.
[Date.]
109,
Despatch from the Tsungli Yamen to the Inspector General of Customs.
The Imperial Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs, in the matter of official instructions to
Robert Hart, Inspector General of Customs, with rank as Provincial Treasurer,
The following Imperial Decree was received on the 27th. May 1876 ： ―
" The Grand Secretary Wen Hsiang, a man of spotless integrity, a clear-headed politi-
cian, and a patriot, ever candid in liis views and straightforward, sincere, and earnest in his
actions, just and intelligent in his advice ； rising from the position of a member in one of the
Metropolitan Boards, he had to thank the fact of being known to the discriminating intelligence
of His late Majesty the Emperor W^:n Tsung Hsien (Hsien FfeNc) for being promoted to the
position of a Director in Our Imperial Court and being commanded to visit, as an associate
member, the sessions of the Grand Council ； and, again, he had repeatedly important trusts
confided to him by Their Majesties the two Empresses Kegent and His late Majesty the Emperor
Mu Tsung I (T'ung Chih). When, in the year 1865， he was selected to proceed across the
MODERN DOCUMENTARY CHINESE.
297
Great Wall at the head of a body of troops, in order to subdue the hordes of mounted robbers
who then infested the country about Feng-t'ien, it was he wlio by destroying the force of the
enemy made a thorough clean sweep of this pest throughout that extensive territory. When
promoted in his turn to a position connected Avlth Our Court, he became an invaluublo
help, and by devoting his best energies to all questions where the good or evil of politics as
well as the welfare of the people was concerned, and to tho settlement of any complications
that would arise between China and Foreign countries, he deserves indeed to be considered
THE Officer who was at' the same time Our right hand and the backbone of Our Imperial
Power. It was solely by the fact that tlio accumulation of toilsome work had tlirowu him
on the sick bed that lie could be got to apply on different occasions for permission to quit
his post; tlie Court bad granted him a liberal term of leave, an Imperial physician was sent
to him for consultation, and presents of ginseng were bestowed on him to render his heart
easy and promote his recovery. At tho meetings of the Grand Council We liave repeatedly
inquired after his health, expressing Our wishes for his recovery, that he might live to enjoy
Our Imperial favour for a long term of years. The news wliich is now brought to Us of his
having departed for a better life fills Our heart with shocking grief. We therefore hereby
command that a to-lo pall be provided for Lis funeral ； that TsAi Cheng, a Beth' , with rank of a
Prince of the second order, be deputed to at once set out with an escort of ten officers of Our
Imperial Guards to offer the customary libations. We further bestow on the deceased as a
favour the joosthumous title of a Grand Tutor, and command that, in accordance with the 】aw
regulating the relations of Grand Secretaries, honorary gratifications be granted to his family,
and that sacrifices be offered up iu his memory at the Temple of Wisdom and Goodness ； that
a donation of Tfe. 3,000 be issued by the Treasury of Our Privy Purse ； that hereditary nobility
with, the rank of Ch'i-tit-^vei be given to his son Hsi-chih, to take effect after the expiration of
the latter's term of a hundred days' mourning ； and that all the fines which may have become
due during his tenure of office be restored. As to the posthumous honours due to him, the
proper Yamen is to look up the regulations and make the necessary .application to Us. When
the body of the deceased is taken back to his home, the local officials stationed on the road Avill
make the necessary preparations, and when the cortege has arrived at the station of his Banner,
We hereby comrQand Ts'ung Shih to proceed thither to make all the necessary arrangements
for the sacrifices there. We wish hereby to express Our anxious desire to honour the memory
of a faithful servant."
The above Decree having been received from His Majesty the Emperor, communication
is duly made thereof to the Inspector General of Customs. A special Despatch.
29th May 1876.
No. 744. 一
General.
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110.
Despatch from the Tsungli Yamen to the Inspector General of Customs.
The Imperial Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs, in the matter of official instructions.
The following Imperial Decree was received by the Grand Secretariat on the 9th April
1881 ：—
" Ever since We took charge of the Empire We have respectfully received the illimitable
proofs of the depth of motherly affection of Her Majesty the now defunct Empress Tz'u-an
Tuan-yil K'ang-cking Chao-ho Chuang-ching [the last expression being the Empress' hui-
Jiao (鞭 號 \ or special honorary title] ； ever since We ascended the Throne these last seven
years We have been deeply indebted to Her loving delight for the pleasure We received in
bestowing upon Her Our filial care. Being a constant witness to Her agility and physical
strength and Her restless attention to Government work, Our heart felt consoled in the hope
We cherished that protracted happiness might add to the number of Her days, so that She
might live to reach the acme of human life. There, on the seventh of April Our beloved Mother
was attacked by an accidental indisposition, when all medical care was at once applied, -which,
it was hoped would result in speedy relief. On the eighth of April, however, a sudden aggra-
vation took place, contrary to all expectation ； the patient would cough up phlegm, the breath
stopped ； and when, in the sequel, these symptoms recurred with increased pressure, at 8 o'clock
in the evening She suddenly closed Her eyes to awake no more. Under pangs of grief We
burst into tears, crying aloud ： ( Alas ！ why must it come to this ？ ， We have received Her
dying commands, which were to the effect that mourning clothes should be worn for twenty-
seven days, and then no more ； but such a course would indeed not easily appease Our Imperial
heart, and we shall give a faint idea of Our sadness by nevertheless wearing full mourning for
a hundred days, and half mourning for the full term of twenty-seven months. With regard to
Her last words, uttered by way of consolation to the motherly heart of the Empress Tz'u-HSl
Tuan-y It K'ang-i Chao-yii Chuang-ch'eng [the last being the honorary title of the Empress
Tz'iJ-HSi], namely, that ' restraining Our mournful thoughts would be as much as keeping
Government interests in due regard,' We could not but respectfully obey the commands thus
bequeathed to Us by making every effort to restrain Our grief.
"As to the funeral ceremonies, We hereby command that I Tsung, Prince of Tun; I Hsin,
Prince of Kung ； the Beile I K'uang ； the Grand Chamberlain Ching Shou ； the Grand Secretary
Pao Yun; the Assistant Grand Secretary and President Ling Kuei; and the Presidents £n
Ch'^ng and Wf:NG T'ung-ho be deputed to superintend them with due reverence and care."
The above Decree, received from His Majesty the Emperor, is now duly and respectfully
placed on record for the guidance of the Inspector General of Customs. A necessary Despatch.
iith April 1881.
No. 1,917.
General.
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299
CORRIGENDA.
VOLUME I.
Page vi (Index of Subjects). Under "Certificates:" insert "Port Clearance ； No. 24, p. 53."
Page 30, col. 8. For 九 萬 mid 六 萬.
Page 45, col. 8. For Jj^ 月 read 正 月 .
Page 55, col. 10. The characters 百 aud 拾 should each be preceded by a blank space. See note on p. 280,
Volume 11.
Page 82, col. 6， mfra. For 芙 商 read 通 商，
Page 95, col. 1 1， infra. For 仰 或 read 抑 或.
Page 195, col. II, supra. For 待 read 侍； and for |jj read
Page 204, col. 15. For 扁 镇 read 匾 額.
Page 211, col. 3. For g 凡 法 read 法.
Page 265, col. 12. For 竭 立 read 竭 力.
VOLUME II.
Page 1 8 叱 For cMh 識 read shih 識.
Page 21 &， after t^uiig 通 商 別 口. For "a non-Treaty port" read " another Treaty port."
Page 27 &， line 10. Before ^ insert chieh.
Page 53^ For shi ^ read chi 言 f.
Page 72« For tsi 特 read t'c 特.
Page 87", after ckiao 交 碍. For "not to interfere with each other" read "to interfere with each other."
Page 122^. Under " ch'aitg 常 constantly ； usually ； commonly," insert "常 關, the Native Customs, as opposed
to 新 關 (hsin-kuan), the Foreign Ctistoms."
Page 123". Under " di'ao §p money orders ； tonnage dues; to copy," insert " 紗 關， the Native Customs, as opposed
to 新 關 (hsin-htan), the Foreign Customs."
Page 143 &, under ch'ou 譽. For 譬 怨 read 譽 怨.
Page 213a under sheng 陛. For 陛 啓 read g 啓.
For transliteration of sounds in this Volume, Part II should be referred to in preference to Part I.
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